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Betelgeuse Astr.
(ˈbɛtəldʒuːz, ‖ -ɛlʒœz, ˈbiː-)
Also Betelgeux |-ʒœ|.
[Fr. Bételgeuse, f. Arab.]
A yellowish-red variable star of the first magnitude, the brightest in the constellation of Orion.
1796C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. I. 205/1 Betelgeuse, a fixed star of the first magnitude in the right shoulder of Orion. 1820H. Brooke Guide to Stars 12 A line from the Pleiades..will give Bellatrix in the western shoulder of Orion, and the bright star immediately to the eastward is Betelgeux in the right or eastern shoulder. 1866J. N. Lockyer tr. Guillemin's Heavens ii. viii. 355 Betelgeuse, the brightest star in Orion, and Aldebaran show a decided red tint. a1930D. H. Lawrence Last Poems (1932) 49 The heavens are wandering The moon and the earth, the sun, Saturn and Betelgeuse. 1938R. Graves Coll. Poems 121 We have no truck either with the forebeings Of Betelgeux or with the atom's git. 1955Oxf. Jun. Encycl. III. 109/2 On Orion's shoulder the giant orange star Betelgeuse shines. 1962Listener 31 May 950/1 Betelgeux in Orion..is a typical Red Giant. |