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iyng

iyng is the obsolete form of jynx.

Meaning of jynx

Noun

jynx (plural jynges)

  1. A bird, the wryneck, once thought a bird of ill omen (Jynx torquilla).
    • Where not a Silver Iyng, or Pigeon, fell To Pay the Markman.1649, George Daniel, Trinarchodia: Henry V, line ccxcv
  2. (transferred sense) A charm or spell.
    • These are the Philtres, Allurements, Jynges, Inveiglements [les philtres, iynges, et attraictz], Baits, and Enticements of Love.ante 1693, Sir Thomas Urquhart (translator), François Rabelais (author), The Third Book of the Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais, chapter i, page 23
    Synonyms:
    jinx
  3. One of an order of spiritual intelligences in ancient “Chaldaic” philosophy.
    • Then is the Intelligible Jynx; next which are the Synoches, the Empyreal, the Ætherial and the Material; after the Synoches are the Teletarchs…Intelligent Jynges do themselves also understand from the Father By unspeakable Counsels being moved so as to understand.1655, Thomas Stanley, The History of the Chaldaick Philosophy, published 1701, page 17/2

Forms of iyng

pluraliynges

Questions about iyng

What is iyng the obsolete form of?
Iyng is the obsolete form of jynx.

Words near iyng in the dictionary

  1. Iyengars
  2. Iyer
  3. Iyers
  4. IYKWIM
  5. iykyk
  6. iyng
  7. iynges
  8. iynx
  9. IYO
  10. iyoba
  11. iyobas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: iyng (page history and authors); jynx (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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