eoan
/iˈoʊən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Eoan.
Example Sentences
- "VVhoſe moſt adored name incloſes, / Things abſtruſe, deep and diuine. / VVhoſe yellovv treſſes ſhine, / Bright as Eoan fire. […] Bright as Eoan fire, / O me thy Prieſt inſpire!"
- "Giue her th' Eoan brightnesse, / Wing'd with that subtill lightnesse, / That doth trans-pierce the Ayre; […]"
- "[S]he moves unto me: / how ſvveet, hovv fair, and lovely her aſpects are? / her eyes are like bright Ioan flames ſhot thorovv me."
- "But we can note how wonderfully Pirip has woven the eoan light to recreate the images of life's grey, last sickly days […]"
- "And from his Orient or Eoan vvave, / VVhere Neptune doth his ſteps in pearle engrave, / Seeing a clearer Sun i' th' VVeſt ariſe / To all his Naids and his Napæis, cries / […] / Tvvo Suns ariſe at once, and in one day / Tvvo Titans to the vvorld their lights diſplay; […]"
- "Ocean vvas troubled, from th' Atlantick Vaſte / To Shores Eöan vvhere Braſilian Hills / Are cloath'd vvith Myrrh, and Trees diſtill vvith Balm."
Etymology
From either of the following: * Learned borrowing from Latin ē̆ōus (“of the east; of the dawn”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives). Ē̆ōus is derived from ἠῷος (ēōîos, “of the east; of the morning”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn; east”). * Eos (“Greek goddess of the dawn”) + -an. Eos is derived from Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs, “Greek goddess of the dawn”), from ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn, daybreak; morning; day; east”): see above. Cognates * Italian eoo * Portuguese eoo
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /iˈoʊən/
- British English: /iːˈəʊən/