English
Etymology
French cynosure "Ursa Minor; Polaris", from Latin Cynosura|Cynosūra "Ursa Minor", from Ancient Greek κ�ν��ο��α (cynosūra) "Ursa Minor", literally "dog's tail": κ��ν|κ�ν�� (cynos) "dog's" + ο��ά (ūra) "tail".
Pronunciation
IPA|/�saɪn����r/
SAMPA|/"saIn@%SUr/
:Hyphenation: cy·no·sure
:rhymes|aɪn����
Noun
en-noun
- literally Cynosure � Ursa Minor, or Polaris the North Star, used as a guide
- something that guides
- something that is the center of attention
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#:*"The rooms were brilliant with lights and flowers, and gaiety and beauty, and intellect; and the lately shrinking country girl was the cynosure of all eyes---the most envied, the most dreaded, the most admired, the most loved." — Alice Cary (1820-1871), Clovernook, or Recollections of our Neighborhood in the West
#:*"let faith be your cynosure to walk by"
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