jinxee

English

Etymology

jinx +‎ -ee

Noun

jinxee (plural jinxees)

1. (rare) The victim of a jinx or curse.
   • 2004, Jonathan Blyth, Law of the Playground, page 99:

     If they talk before this happens, the jinxer [me] gets to punch the jinxee [you] in the arm. You broke a jinx. You deserve it.

   • 2011, Nelson Algren, Never Come Morning:

     […] his reputed ability to jinx anything, from fighters to race horses, by the simple expedient of pointing steadily, with the thumb and forefinger of the left hand, at the jinxee or a reasonable facsimile thereof.