lyncean
/lin-see-uhn/US // lɪnˈsi ən //UK // (lɪnˈsiːən) //
凌海,凌云,凌海市
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : of or relating to a lynx; lynxlike.
- : lynx-eyed; sharp-sighted.
Examples
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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