cynosure

Meaning of cynosure

noun
  1. a person or thing that is the centre of attention or admiration.
    Kirk was the cynosure of all eyes

late 16th century: from French, or from Latin cynosura, from Greek kunosoura ‘dog's tail’ (also ‘Ursa Minor’), from kuōn, kun- ‘dog’ + oura ‘tail’. The term originally denoted the constellation Ursa Minor, or the pole star which it contains, long used as a guide by navigators.

Information about cynosure

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of cynosure is: cynosures.
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Hyphenation of cynosure

cyno-sure

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • cynosure is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with cynosure

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