lynchee en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /lɪnˈt͡ʃiː/
Etymology
From lynch + -ee.
Meanings
-
The victim of a lynching.
The lynchee's agony is not merely a convenient trope for romantic despair here: it is a preexisting condition, a racewide image of abjection that the loss of a lover serves to reactivate.
2004, Peter M. Birkeland, Franchising Dreams: The Lure of Entrepreneurship in America, page 126:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lynchees | Number=Plur | lexicographic |