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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɪnjən/Part of speech verb, nounSorted iinnopStarts with PEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. cut the wings off (of birds)

Word origin

From Middle English pynyon, from Old French pignon, from Latin penna (“feather”).

Used in a sentence

  • Therefore do nimble Pinion'd Doues draw Loue, And therefore hath the wind-ſwift Cupid wings:
  • See o'er the Alps his tow'ring Pinions ſoar, Where never Engliſh Poet reach'd before.
  • Press on! for it is godlike to unloose The spirit, and forget yourself in thought; Bending a pinion for the deeper sky, And, in the very fetters of your flesh, Mating with the pure essences of heaven!

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