evenstar

English

Etymology

From even +‎ star, equivalent to Middle English euensterre.

Proper noun

evenstar

1. (poetic, rare) Venus as the evening star; the time of its appearance.

   Synonym: Hesperus

   • 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^[1], volume 25, page 36:

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