nadir

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13-Test unbeaten record and for India the nadir was a 2-0 loss in 2002-03.

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  1. noun Astronomy A point on the celestial sphere directly below the observer, diametrically opposite the zenith.
  2. noun The lowest point: the nadir of their fortunes.

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  • But it seemed that his misery had not yet reached its nadir, for jarim was waiting for him just outside the door of the Council Chamber, and there were several other members of the Grand Council loitering conspicuously in the hallway. —  Storm Rising
  • It can either be fixed at the nadir or the zenith. —  Elric At The End of Time
  • Iranian-British tensions go back to the 19th century but the nadir was the MI6-orchestrated coup against Mohammed Mossadegh, the nationalist prime minister, in 1953. —  Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk
  • 13-Test unbeaten record and for India the nadir was a 2-0 loss in 2002-03. —  ta tvnz national headlines auto group
  • This is my nadir, she thought. —  Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles
 

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  1. Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Arabic naẓīr (as-samt), opposite (the zenith), from naẓara, to see, watch; see nṭr in Semitic roots.

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  1. from Middle English nadir, from Old French nadir, nadaïr, French nadir = Spanish Portuguese Italian nadir, from Arabic Persian nazīr, in full nazīr assamt, nadir, literally corresponding to the zenith, from nazīr, alike, corresponding (from nazara, be alike), + as-samt, the zenith, the azimuth: see azimuth, zenith.
 

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