cynosure

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Something that is the center of attention; an object that serves as a focal point of attraction and admiration

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.

Ursa Minor or Polaris, the North Star, used as a guide by navigators
That which serves to guide or direct

let faith be your cynosure to walk by.

that to which general interest or attention is directed
{n} the north-star, what attracts the eye
something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners); "let faith be your cynosure to walk by
The constellation of the Lesser Bear, to which, as containing the polar star, the eyes of mariners and travelers were often directed
something that strongly attracts attention and admiration; "if he was the cynosure of all eyes he didn't notice"
Cynosure - Ursa Minor, or Polaris the North Star, used as a guide
something that strongly attracts attention and admiration; "if he was the cynosure of all eyes he didn't notice" something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners); "let faith be your cynosure to walk by
Something that guides; something that is the center of attention
something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners); "let faith be your cynosure to walk by"
That which serves to direct
Anything to which attention is strongly turned; a center of attraction
{i} center of attraction; something that guides; constellation that includes the polar star, Ursa Minor
cynosures
plural of cynosure
cynosure

    Hyphenation

    cy·no·sure

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ 'sI-n&-"shur, 'si- ] (noun.) From French cynosure (“Ursa Minor; Polaris”) Latin Cynosūra (“Ursa Minor”) Ancient Greek Κυνόσουρα (Kunosoura, “Ursa Minor”), literally “dog’s tail’ κυνός (kunos, “dog's”) + οὐρά (oura, “tail”).
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