zodiac-figure, n.

zodiac-figure
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zodiac-figurenoun

## Factsheet

### Where does the noun zodiac-figure come from?

Earliest known use

1840s

The earliest known use of the noun zodiac-figure is in the 1840s.

OED's only evidence for zodiac-figure is from 1844, in the writing of E. B. Barrett.

### Nearby entries

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5. zocalo, n. 1884–
6. zocco, n. 1664–1723
7. zocle, n. 1704–
8. zoco, n. 1892–
9. zodiac, n. 1390–
10. zodiacal, adj. 1576–
11. zodiac-figure, n.1844–
12. zodiac line, n. 1590
13. zodiac ring, n. 1895–
14. zodiographer, n. 1650
15. zoea, n. 1828–
16. zoeal, adj.?1870–
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18. zographer, n. 1570
19. zography, n. 1570
20. zograscope, n. 1753–
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## Meaning & use

1. 1844–
   See zodiac n. Compounds.
   1. 1844

      > The zodiac-figures of the earth loom slow.

      E. B. Barrett, Drama of Exile in Poems vol. I. 52

Originally published as part of the entry for zodiac, n.

zodiac, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.