phenix

American  

[fee-niks] / ˈfi nɪks /

noun

1. a variant of phoenix.

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phenix British  

/ ˈfiːnɪks /

noun

1. a US spelling of phoenix

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Example Sentences

"No wonder the phenix comes to Egypt to be born."

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth

Here it is: “In the sky the phenix proudly flies, On the earth the lambkin tamely lies, At the table through an ancient book I wade, In the room I softly call the maid.”

From The Chinese Fairy Book by Wilhelm, Richard

The story of the phenix rising from its own ashes with a twinkling star upon its head, seems to have been an antient hieroglyphic emblem of the destruction and resuscitation of all things.

From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Darwin, Erasmus

The name of Husband and Master are always harsh, and Heloise will not be the phenix you now think her.

From Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Bayle, Pierre

Then let the Eastern world brag and be proud135 Of one coy phenix, while we have a brood, A brood of phenixes: while we have brother And sister-phenixes, and still the mother.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard