nadir
nounEtymology
Unknown. It has been suggested that it is from Arabic نَزِير (nazīr, “rare, trivial”), but if it is Arabic, perhaps more likely would be نَذِير (naḏīr, “auspicious, boding well (?)”). Represents the word 'rare' in Hebrew.
- derived from نَظِير السَّمْت
- borrowed from nadir
Definitions
The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith
The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.
- […] when we are Nadyr to the Sunne, we have no ſhadow […]
The lowest point
The lowest point; time of greatest depression.
- Near-synonym: dead
- […] the seventh century is the nadir of the human mind in Europe […]
- In this nadir of poetic repute, when the only verse that most people read from one year’s end to the next is what appears on greetings cards, it is well for us to stop and consider our poets.
The axis of a projected conical shadow
The axis of a projected conical shadow; the direction of the force of gravity at a location; down.
- The nadir of the sun is the axis of the shadow projected by the Earth.
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An empty box added beneath a full one in a beehive to give the colony more room to expand…
An empty box added beneath a full one in a beehive to give the colony more room to expand or store honey.
To extend (a beehive) by adding an empty box at the base.
A male given name.
A surname.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for nadir. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA