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Added 9 October 2026

jinx

/d͡ʒɪŋks/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about jinx at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A person believed to bring bad luck to those around him.
An evil spell.
a witch put a curse on his whole family

verb

Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something.
Foredoom to failure.
This project is jinxed!

Origin

From jynx in the transferred sense “a charm or spell”.

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