polar starn.

Brit.

/ˌpəʊlə ˈstɑː/, U.S.

/ˌpoʊlər ˈstɑr/

Forms: see polar adj. and star n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: polar adj., star n.¹

Etymology: < polar adj. + star n.¹, after post-classical Latin stella polaris (1492 in Alphonsine Tables). Compare French étoile polaire (c1555 or earlier in Middle French as estoile polaire ), Spanish estrella polar (1507 or earlier). Compare earlier Pole Star n.

The Pole Star; (also) an analogous fifth-magnitude star in the southern hemisphere, σ Octantis, close to the south celestial pole. Also figurative: something that serves for guidance; = Pole Star n. 2.

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the world > the universe > star > kind of star > giant > [noun] > supergiant > Pole star

North Stara1387

polea1398

shipman-star1398

pole arcticc1400

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transmontane starc1400

pommel1503

sail-star?c1510

Pole Star1555

star?1555

Arctic Pole1565

polar star1578

northern star1590

cynosure1596

Polaris1675

society > authority > control > [noun] > guidance > that which guides

lodestarc1374

clew1385

Palinurus1567

stern1577

thread1580

twist1580

sea-mark1589

Pole Star1590

cynosure1596

buoya1603

oracle1612

leading light1653

gospela1674

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polar stara1774

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guidance1841

guideline1917

breadcrumb trail1969

1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya ii. 36 The long day taketh away the light not only of the Polar, but also of all other fixed Starres.

1615 T. Roe Jrnl. 3 May in Embassy to Court Great Mogul (1899) I. 5 The Magillan cloudes..keepe their course with the Polar Starre about the pole, alway equidistant.

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. F2^v Be yblown about with wanton wind, Withouten stern, or card, or Polar starre.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 153 If we lose sight of our polar star, we shall quickly wander into inextricable difficulties.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. i. 17 Guided over the deep waters only by the polar star.

1829 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 119 82 (heading) σ Octantis. (Ann. Var.—5″.739.) The South Polar Star.

1860 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth lxv His pure and unrivalled love for Margaret had been his polar star.

1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan xiii. 232 In Norse-Icelandic mythology the World Mill controls the seasons and the movements of the heavenly bodies. The heavens revolve round the Polar star, Veraldar Nagli (‘the world spike’).

1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai 32 During the nights that followed he showed us..the Southern Cross, always a puzzle to us with its fifth star, and the Pointers that led to the faint south polar star.

2003 Isis 94 371/2 The qibla could be determined by means of the risings and settings of astronomical objects..or the orientation of the believer with respect to the polar star.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polar star
释义	polar starn. Brit. /ˌpəʊlə ˈstɑː/, U.S. /ˌpoʊlər ˈstɑr/ Forms: see polar adj. and star n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: polar adj., star n.¹ Etymology: < polar adj. + star n.¹, after post-classical Latin stella polaris (1492 in Alphonsine Tables). Compare French étoile polaire (c1555 or earlier in Middle French as estoile polaire ), Spanish estrella polar (1507 or earlier). Compare earlier Pole Star n. The Pole Star; (also) an analogous fifth-magnitude star in the southern hemisphere, σ Octantis, close to the south celestial pole. Also figurative: something that serves for guidance; = Pole Star n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > star > kind of star > giant > [noun] > supergiant > Pole star North Stara1387 polea1398 shipman-star1398 pole arcticc1400 tramontanec1400 transmontane starc1400 pommel1503 sail-star?c1510 Pole Star1555 star?1555 Arctic Pole1565 polar star1578 northern star1590 cynosure1596 Polaris1675 society > authority > control > [noun] > guidance > that which guides lodestarc1374 clew1385 Palinurus1567 stern1577 thread1580 twist1580 sea-mark1589 Pole Star1590 cynosure1596 buoya1603 oracle1612 leading light1653 gospela1674 indexc1750 polar stara1774 pilot star1789 clue1840 guidance1841 guideline1917 breadcrumb trail1969 1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya ii. 36 The long day taketh away the light not only of the Polar, but also of all other fixed Starres. 1615 T. Roe Jrnl. 3 May in Embassy to Court Great Mogul (1899) I. 5 The Magillan cloudes..keepe their course with the Polar Starre about the pole, alway equidistant. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. F2^v Be yblown about with wanton wind, Withouten stern, or card, or Polar starre. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 153 If we lose sight of our polar star, we shall quickly wander into inextricable difficulties. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. i. 17 Guided over the deep waters only by the polar star. 1829 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 119 82 (heading) σ Octantis. (Ann. Var.—5″.739.) The South Polar Star. 1860 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth lxv His pure and unrivalled love for Margaret had been his polar star. 1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan xiii. 232 In Norse-Icelandic mythology the World Mill controls the seasons and the movements of the heavenly bodies. The heavens revolve round the Polar star, Veraldar Nagli (‘the world spike’). 1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai 32 During the nights that followed he showed us..the Southern Cross, always a puzzle to us with its fifth star, and the Pointers that led to the faint south polar star. 2003 Isis 94 371/2 The qibla could be determined by means of the risings and settings of astronomical objects..or the orientation of the believer with respect to the polar star. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578
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