phoenixity

English

Etymology

From phoenix +‎ -ity.

Noun

phoenixity (uncountable)

1. The quality of being like a phoenix, especially that of recovering from destruction, or possession of an otherworldly beauty.
   • 1904, G. Bernard Shaw, Cashel Byron's profession, page 314:

     Her best course would be to marry another phoenix; but as she—poor girl!—cannot appreciate even her own phoenixity, much less that of another, she must perforce be content with a mere mortal.

   • 1980, Alejandro R. Roces, Fiesta, page 69:

     No church in the Philippines can match the phoenixity of Ermita.

   • 1991, Protecting the Corporate Parent, page 103:

     But, as the district court observed in piercing the corporate veil, the corporation's "phoenixity provides Mottolo no haven from liability."

   • 2020, J. S. Salkar, Solipsis: The Divine Mirage:

     The driver is a Chinese woman. Remarkable phoenixity.