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cynosure \SAHY-nuh-shoor, SIN-uh-\ noun 1. something that strongly attracts attention by its brilliance, interest, etc.: the cynosure of all eyes. 2. something serving for guidance or direction. Quotes So imagine the dinner is for some nine hundred of the most famous and sought-after people in the world—luminaries who, at any other party, would be the cynosure of all eyes but on this evening might not even merit favorable placement. -- John Seabrook, "Names," The New Yorker, February 3, 2014 Origin Cynosure entered English in the late 1500s in reference to the most prominent star in Ursa Minor, Polaris. It can be traced to the Greek word Kynósoura meaning "dog's tail," a description of what the constellation was thought to resemble.

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syzygy \SIZ-i-jee\ noun 1. Astronomy. an alignment of three celestial objects, as the sun, the earth, and either the moon or a planet: Syzygy in the sun-earth-moon system occurs at the time of full moon and new moon. 2. Classical Prosody. a group or combination of two feet, sometimes restricted to a combination of two feet of different kinds. Quotes There's going to be a syzygy Wednesday night. All the planets banded together on the same side of the sun. -- Meg Waite Clayton, The Four Ms. Bradwells, 2011 Origin Syzygy can be traced to the Greek term syzygía meaning "union, pair," which in turn derives from the Greek verb zeugnýnai meaning "to yoke." It entered English in the mid-1600s.

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