Verbiage - June 2, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 11:00AM
Rob Dean in Married with Children, Matt LeBlanc, Nadir, Verbiage

Today's word of the day is Nadir:

(via Senor GIF)

na·dir

[ney-der, ney-deer]

–noun

  1. Astronomy . the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith. 
  2. Astrology . the point of a Horoscope opposite the midheaven: the cusp of the fourth house.
  3. the lowest point; point of greatest adversity or despair.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English  ≪ Arabic naẓīr  over against, opposite to (the zenith)
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