morning star
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See also: morningstar and Morning Star
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From morning + star. Compare West Frisian moarnstjer, Dutch morgenster, German Morgenstern, Swedish morgonstjärna, Icelandic morgunstjarna. Application to Satan derives, like the corresponding sense of Lucifer (which see), from what is probably a misinterpretation of Isaiah 14:12 (NIV: "How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!").
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- (astronomy) The planet Venus as observed in the eastern sky around dawn.
- Synonyms: Phosphor, Phosphorus, Eosphorus, Lucifer
- Antonyms: evening star, Hesperus
- The evening star is the morning star. (Hesperus is Phosphorus.)
- 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Part III”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 47:
- Morn in the white wake of the morning star / Came furrowing all the orient into gold.
- 1979, Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher, “The Rainbow Connection”, The Muppet Movie, Henson Associates and ITC Entertainment
- Who said that every wish would be heard and answered / When wished on the morning star? / Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it / And look what it's done so far.
- (less commonly) The planet Mercury as observed in the eastern sky around dawn.
- Synonym: Apollo
- Antonyms: evening star, Hermes
Translations
[edit]planet Venus as seen around dawn
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Noun
[edit]morning star (countable and uncountable, plural morning stars)
- (military, countable) A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes attached rigidly to a staff, in contrast to a flail.
- Synonyms: holy water sprinkler, morgenstern, mace, truncheon
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 55:
- Contrivances like these, except that the balls were armed with spikes, were long carried by the pioneers of the trained bands, or city militia, they are generally called morning stars.
- (uncommon, uncountable, Philippines, Hong Kong) Sleep or rheum, particularly that which is discharged at the eyes during sleep.
- Synonym: (Philippines) morning glory
- 2019, PlaysPH, "What is the official name of the crusty stuff we develop around our eyes during sleep? And what causes it?", Quora
- We call it “morning star”. Funny name though. The real name is “eye crusts”.
Translations
[edit]spiked weapon on staff
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- morning star on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- morning star (weapon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Phosphorus (morning star) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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