cenyth

Middle English

Alternative forms

cenith, senyth, cenit, cinit, senith

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cenit.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnit/, /ˈsɛːnit/

Noun

cenyth

(astronomy) zenith (point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of John Trevisa to this entry?)
- c. 1391, Geoffrey Chaucer, Treatise on the Astrolabe
  This lyne Meridional ys but a Maner descripcion or the ymagined, that passeth vpon the pooles of þis the world And by the cenyth of owre heued.

Descendants

English: zenith

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