| Definitions | | cynosure |
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noun
- (literally) Cynosure " Ursa Minor, or Polaris the North Star, used as a guide
- something that guides
- something that is the center of attention
- quotations:
- "The rooms were brilliant with lights and flowers, and gaiety and beauty, and intellect; and the lately shrinking country girl was the 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"
Etymology: French cynosure "Ursa Minor; Polaris", from Latin Cynosura, CynosÅra "Ursa Minor", from Ancient Greek (cynosÅra) "Ursa Minor", literally "dog's tail": , (cynos) "dog's" + á (Åra) "tail".
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