atazir

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Arabic التأثير (at-taʔṯīr, “influence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌataˈziːr/

Noun

atazir (uncountable)

1. (astrology, rare) The influence of a celestial body on other such bodies or on the fortunes of people.
   • 14th c., Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Man of Law’s Tale, lines 304-305:

     O Mars, o atazir, as in this cas!
     O fieble moone, unhappy been thy paas!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• “atazīr, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.