phoenixity

noun

phoenixity

noun

Etymology From phoenix + -ity.

1

The quality of being like a phoenix, especially that of recovering from destruction, or possession of an otherworldly beauty.

  • Her best course would be to marry another phoenix; but as she—poor girl!—cannot appreciate even her own phoenixity, much less that of another, she must perforce be content with a mere mortal.1904, G. Bernard Shaw, Cashel Byron's profession, page 314:
  • No church in the Philippines can match the phoenixity of Ermita.1980, Alejandro R. Roces, Fiesta, page 69:
2 more examples
  • But, as the district court observed in piercing the corporate veil, the corporation's "phoenixity provides Mottolo no haven from liability."1991, Protecting the Corporate Parent, page 103:
  • The driver is a Chinese woman. Remarkable phoenixity.2020, J. S. Salkar, Solipsis: The Divine Mirage:

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