cenyth

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cenith, senyth, cenit, cinit, senith

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cenit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnit/, /ˈsɛːnit/

Noun

cenyth

1. (astronomy) zenith (point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer)
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of John Trevisa to this entry?)
   • c. 1391, Geoffrey Chaucer, Treatise on the Astrolabe

     This lyne Meridional ys but a Maner descripcion or the ymagined, that passeth vpon the pooles of þis the world And by the cenyth of owre heued.

Descendants

• English: zenith