jynx
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noun
- A bird, the wryneck, once thought a bird of ill omen (Jynx torquilla).
- A charm or spell.
- One of an order of spiritual intelligences in ancient “Chaldaic” philosophy.
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An adaptation of the Latin iynx (“wryneck”), itself an adaptation of the Ancient Greek ἴϋγξ (íünx, “Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla; spell or charm; passionate yearning”).
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