phœnomenon

phœnomenon

English

Etymology

Possibly influenced by confusion with terms such as phœnix or Phœnician.

Noun

phœnomenon (plural phœnomena)

1. (hypercorrect) Obsolete form of phenomenon.
   • 1919, Theodore Schroeder, Constitutional Free Speech Defined and Defended in an Unfinished Argument in a Case of Blasphemy, page #141:

     Nay more ; that the construction employed to justify the ‘Sedition Act,’ would exhibit a phœnomenon without a parrallel in the political world.