zenith-borne, adj.

zenith-borne
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Revised 2018

# † zenith-borneadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zenith-borne mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zenith-borne. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the 1880s.

### Where does the adjective zenith-borne come from?

Earliest known use

1860s

The earliest known use of the adjective zenith-borne is in the 1860s.

OED's earliest evidence for zenith-borne is from 1865, in the writing of Handley Moule, bishop of Durham.

### Nearby entries

1. zendo, n. 1914–
2. Zener, n.¹ 1934–
3. Zener, n.² 1949–
4. Zengakuren, n. 1950–
5. Zen garden, n. 1937–
6. zenick, n. 1801–1900
7. zenitfer, n. 1596–
8. zenith, n. & adj. a1387–
9. zenithal, adj.?1731–
10. zenithal projection, n. 1877–
11. zenith-borne, adj.1865–86
12. zenith distance, n. 1588–
13. zenith line, n. 1585–
14. zenith point, n. 1585–
15. zenith sector, n. 1775–
16. zenith sweep, n. 1790–
17. zenith telescope, n. 1803–
18. zenith tube, n. 1825–
19. zenithward, n., adv., & adj. 1655–
20. zenithwards, adv. 1826–
21. Zenker, n.¹ 1872–

## Meaning & use

poetic Obsolete.

1. 1865–86
   Borne to or towards the zenith.
   1. 1865

      > Golden zenith-borne Arcturus.

      H. C. G. Moule, Apollo at Pheræ 17
   2. 1886

      > Liberty!.. Rise to thy height upon zenith-borne wings!

      M. F. Tupper, My Life as Author 365
   poetic and literary

Originally published as part of the entry for zenith, n. & adj.

zenith, n. & adj. was revised in June 2018.