atazir
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French [Term?], from Arabic التأثير (at-taʾṯīr, “influence”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌataˈziːr/
Noun
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!
- O Mars, o atazir, as in this cas!
- 14th c., Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Man of Law’s Tale, lines 304-305:
References
- “atazīr, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.