atazir
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.