phoenixlike

adj

phoenixlike

adj

Etymology From phoenix + -like.

1

Resembling a phoenix, especially in being (figuratively) reborn after destruction.

  • Hotel Corones, which has risen phoenix-like on the site of the old Norman Hotel, has a frontage of 210 feet[.]1973, John Larkins, Australian Pubs, page 173:
  • Weaving from tree to tree in an obstacle-course marathon that she could only lose, in a dream-strange showdown amont the phoenixes from which she could not rise phoenixlike if she were killed, Jane felt a tugging at her right sleeve.2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 46:

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