zodiac-lion, n.

zodiac-lion
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zodiac-lionnoun

## Factsheet

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

Earliest known use

1810s

The earliest known use of the noun zodiac-lion is in the 1810s.

OED's only evidence for zodiac-lion is from 1818, in the writing of John Keats, poet.

### Nearby entries

1. zoarial, adj. 1896–
2. zoarium, n. 1880–
3. zob, n. 1911–
4. zocalo, n. 1884–
5. zocco, n. 1664–1723
6. zocle, n. 1704–
7. zoco, n. 1892–
8. zodiac, n. 1390–
9. zodiacal, adj. 1576–
10. zodiac line, n. 1590
11. zodiac-lion, n.1818–
12. zodiac ring, n. 1895–
13. zodiographer, n. 1650
14. zoea, n. 1828–
15. zoeal, adj.?1870–
16. zoetrope, n. 1866–
17. zographer, n. 1570
18. zography, n. 1570
19. zograscope, n. 1753–
20. Zohar, n. 1682–
21. zoic, adj. 1863–

## Meaning & use

1. 1818–
   See zodiac n. Compounds.
   1. 1818

      > Now when his [sc. the sun's] chariot last Its beams against the zodiac-lion cast.

      J. Keats, Endymion i. 29

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

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