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Something that strongly attracts attention (as the north star attracts mariners)
Answer for the clue "Something that strongly attracts attention (as the north star attracts mariners) ", 8 letters:
cynosure
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Word definitions for cynosure in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, from Middle French cynosure (16c.), from Latin Cynosura , literally "dog's tail," the constellation (now Ursa Minor ) containing the North Star, the focus of navigation, from Greek kynosoura , literally "dog's tail," from kyon (genitive kynos ; see ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Cynosure is a fictional pan-dimensional city that exists within the First Comics multiverse. It is described as floating in a "bubble" in the "pan-dimensional vortex." Because of its unique situation, Cynosure is an important center of multi-versal commerce ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners); "let faith be your cynosure to walk by" something that strongly attracts attention and admiration; "if he was the cynosure of all eyes he didn't notice"
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cynosure \Cy"no*sure\ (s?"n?-sh?r or s?n"?-sh?r; 277), n. [L. Cynosura theconstellation Cynosure, Gr. ????? dog's tail, the constellation Cynosure; ????, ????, dog + o'yra` tail. See Cynic .] The constellation of the Lesser Bear (Ursa Minor), ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context usually capitalized English) Ursa Minor or Polaris, the North Star, used as a guide by navigators. 2 (context figuratively English) That which serves to guide or direct; a guiding star. 3 Something that is the center of attention; an object ...
Usage examples of cynosure.
Nastasya Filippovna is fated to disappear for much of the last half of the novel, then the author needs an additional cynosure in order to keep his apocalyptic design in plain view.
There were ambassadors, overlords, military heavyweights, megastars from all the arts, and titans of commerce and industry, intellectual cynosures, and academic and scientific luminaries.
More than that would have been undue credit to the outlander, whose deception by carrier pigeon had caused the sorcerer to cancel standby plans to take Cynosure and Blazetongue.
At once, the Pavilion of Cynosure became an abhorrent den of iniquity, strewn with couches and pillows and filled with such a fog of sweet-smelling perfumes and bitter smoke I could hardly breathe.