evenstar

English

Alternative forms

• evestar

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, volume 25, page 36:

     Evenstar, still evenstar / If this twilight thou dost shine / On a more unhappy head […]

Related terms

• eventide