lyncean

[ lin-see-uhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

lyncean

/ lɪnˈsiːən /

Origin of lyncean¹

< Latin lyncē ( us ) sharp-sighted (< Greek lýnkeios like a lynx, equivalent to lynk-, stem of lýnx lynx + -eios adj. suffix) + -an

Origin of lyncean¹

C17: probably via Latin, from Greek Lunkeios concerning Lunkeos, an Argonaut renowned for his sharpsightedness, from lunx lynx

One of the most important of these was the Lyncean Society, founded about the year 1611, Galileo himself being a member.

O for that Lyncean eye that can discover in the acorn of Error the rooted and widely spreading oak of Misery!

Galileo's part of this controversy was published at Rome by the Lyncean Academy in 1613.

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