atazir
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Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French [Term?], from Arabic التأثير (at-taʔṯīr, “influence”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
atazir (uncountable)
- (astrology, rare) The influence of a celestial body on other such bodies or on the fortunes of people.
- 14th c., Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Man of Law’s Tale, lines 304-305:
- O Mars, o atazir, as in this cas!
O fieble moone, unhappy been thy paas!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 14th c., Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Man of Law’s Tale, lines 304-305:
References[edit]
- “atazīr, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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