pinion – English noun declension

English noun forms of pinion

Noun: pinion
Singularpinion
Pluralpinions

Sample Sentences

  • Therefore do nimble Pinion'd Doues draw Loue,
  • And therefore hath the wind-ſwift Cupid wings: [c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v], page 63, column 1:]
  • See o'er the Alps his tow'ring Pinions ſoar,
  • Where never Engliſh Poet reach'd before. [1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto I, page 153:]
  • 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! [1826, N. P. Willis, Poem delivered at the Departure of the Senior Class of Yale College:]
  • Never seraph spread a pinion / Over fabric half so fair. [1839 September, Edgar A[llan] Poe, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, in William E[vans] Burton and Edgar A. Poe, editors, Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine, and American Monthly Review, volume V, number III, Philadelphia, Pa.: William E. Burton, […], →OCLC, page 148:]
  • An argument that he is pluckt, when hither / He ſends ſo poore a Pinnion of his Wing, [c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene xii], page 356, column 2:]

Etymology

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