Phœnomenon

Origin

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

Full definition of phœnomenon

Noun

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 phÅ“nomenon without a parrallel in the political world.