doryphory
Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In astrology, a guard of planets attending the sun and moon.
‘Doryphory’ comes from a Greek word meaning ‘spear-carrier.’ A ‘doryphore’ is, according to the OED, ‘a person who draws attention to the minor errors made by others, esp. in a pestering manner; a pedantic gadfly.’ ‘Doryphore’ was coined in 1952 by English politician Sir Harold Nicolson, who likened this pest of a person to the Colorado beetle of the same name.
Examples
“Thus, for example the degree of their fortune and wealth will be indicated by the doryphory, or attendants of the luminaries.”
“The lord of the tripli city is Jupiter, in companionship with the Sun, and the doryphory of Saturn.”
