Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

evenstar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: even-star
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Venus as the evening star; the time of its appearance.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: Phosphorus, Eosphorus, Lucifer, morning star, Venus"
"She came alone one evenstar, / And all my room Alhambra was."
"Clouds that wrap the vales below / At the hour of evenstar / Lowliest attendants are […]"
"Evenstar, still evenstar / If this twilight thou dost shine / On a more unhappy head […]"

Etymology

From Middle English euensterre, from Old English ǣfensteorra, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþsternǭ.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: euensterre, ǣfensteorra, *ēbanþsternǭ

Inflected Forms

the evenstar (canonical) evestar (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

eventide

Synonyms

Hesperus Vesper Phosphorus Eosphorus Lucifer morning star Venus

Questions

What does evenstar mean?: Venus as the evening star; the time of its appearance.
Where does evenstar come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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