evenstar
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From even + star, equivalent to Middle English euensterre.
Proper noun[edit]
evenstar
- (poetic, rare) Venus as the evening star; the time of its appearance.
- Synonym: Hesperus
- c. 1903 [1852], Théophile Gautier, “The Castle of Remembrance”, in S. C. de Sumichrast, transl., The Complete Works of Théophile Gautier, volume 12, page 155:
- She came alone one evenstar, / And all my room Alhambra was.
- 1907, James Joyce, Chamber Music, poem XXV:
- Clouds that wrap the vales below / At the hour of evenstar / Lowliest attendants are […]
- 1939, Robert Nichols, “Evenstar”, in The Argosy[1], volume 25, page 36:
- Evenstar, still evenstar / If this twilight thou dost shine / On a more unhappy head […]