nadir

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Fred Malek, told POLITICO the party now sits at its "nadir" - though he, like others, said its best hope is to wait for the economy to tarnish Obama.

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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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  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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