Definitions
The lowest point of a situation or, in astronomy, the point directly below an observer.
Word origin
From Medieval Latin nadir, from Arabic نَظِير السَّمْت (naẓīr as-samt), composed of نَظِير (naẓīr, “counterpart, corresponding to”) and السَّمْت (as-samt, “the zenith”).
Used in a sentence
“[…] when we are Nadyr to the Sunne, we have no ſhadow […]”
“Near-synonym: dead”
“[…] the seventh century is the nadir of the human mind in Europe […]”
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