lynx

lynx
   Used as a term of address by a man to his lover in The Executive, by Michael Fisher. Before the vocative is used we hear that ‘she was like a suspicious and rather ferocious animal, I thought. “You look like a lynx,” I told her.’ In the course of their love-play the woman concerned bites the man.
   ‘Damn you, lynx, that hurt; he tells her. Later, at Christmas, he gives her a present. ‘At last she got the wrapping off, lifted the lid and unfolded the wrapping paper. Inside was a lynx fur coat, which was smart and fashionable this season.’ In case we have missed the point the author writes: ‘I used to say you were a lynx. Now you really are one.’ Few vocatives used by novelists get such heavyhanded treatment.

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  • Lynx — (mammifère) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Lynx (homonymie) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • lynx — [ lɛ̃ks ] n. m. • 1677; lynz XIIe; mot lat., du gr. lugx ♦ Mammifère carnivore, fort et agile, aux oreilles pointues garnies d un pinceau de poils. ⇒ loup cervier. Lynx d Afrique. ⇒ caracal. Lynx du Canada. Loc. Avoir des yeux de lynx, une vue… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Lynx II — Lynx (console) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Lynx (homonymie). Lynx Fa …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Lynx — (griech. lýnx, der „Luchs“) bezeichnet: den wissenschaftlichen und Fabel Namen der Luchse, insbesondere des in Europa vorkommenden eurasischen Luchses (Lynx lynx) den lateinische Name eines Sternbildes, siehe Luchs (Sternbild) eine Marke für… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Lynx — (l[i^][ng]ks), n. [L. lynx, lyncis, Gr. ly gx; akin to AS. lox, G. luchs, prob. named from its sharp sight, and akin to E. light. See {Light}, n., and cf. {Ounce} an animal.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of feline animals of the genus …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lynx — [liŋks] n. [ME < L < Gr lynx; prob. so named from its shining eyes: see LIGHT1 ] 1. pl. lynxes or lynx any of a genus (Lynx) of wildcats found throughout the Northern Hemisphere and characterized by a ruff on each side of the face,… …   English World dictionary

  • lynx — mid 14c., from L. lynx (Cf. Sp., Port., It. lince), from Gk. lyngz, perhaps from PIE *leuk light (see LIGHT (Cf. light) (n.)), in reference to its gleaming eyes or its ability to see in the dark. If that men hadden eyghen of a beeste that highte… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Lynx — también es una videoconsola portátil con pantalla en color. Véase Lynx (consola). Lynx es un navegador web en formato texto que cuenta con el patrocinio de la University of Kansas. Es bastante usado en entornos tipo Unix y VMS, sobre todo por… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • lynx — [lıŋks] n plural lynx or lynxes [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: Greek] a large wild cat that has no tail and lives in forests American Equivalent: bobcat …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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