evenstar

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Proper noun

the evenstar

  2. (poetic, rare) Venus as the evening star; the time of its appearance.
    Synonyms: Hesperus, Vesper
    Near-synonyms: Phosphorus, Eosphorus, Lucifer, morning star, Venus
    • 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 […]
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