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eoan

Syllables: Eo·an/iːˈəʊən/US/iˈoʊən/

eoan is the alternative letter-case form of Eoan.

Adjective capitalized: Eoan

Eoan (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, poetic) Relating to the dawn.
    • VVhoſe moſt adored name incloſes, / Things abſtruſe, deep and diuine. / VVhoſe yellovv treſſes ſhine, / Bright as Eoan fire. […] Bright as Eoan fire, / O me thy Prieſt inſpire!1601 (first performance), Thomas Dekker, Satiro-mastix. Or The Untrussing of the Humorous Poet. […], London: […] [Edward Allde] for Edward White, […], published 1602, →OCLC, signatures [B4], verso –...
    • Giue her th' Eoan brightnesse, / Wing'd with that subtill lightnesse, / That doth trans-pierce the Ayre; […]1619, Michael Drayton, “[Odes.] To the New Yeere.”, in Cyril Brett, editor, Minor Poems of Michael Drayton, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, published 1907, →OCLC, page 59, lines 19–21
  2. (archaic, poetic) Relating to the east; eastern.
    • And from his Orient or Eoan vvave, / VVhere Neptune doth his ſteps in pearle engrave, / Seeing a clearer Sun i' th' VVeſt ariſe / To all his Naids and his Napæis, cries / […] / Tvvo Suns ariſe at once, and in one day / Tvvo Titans to the vvorld their lights diſplay; […]1642, Will[iam] Wishartt, “Melpomene”, in Immanuel: Or The Mistery of God, Manifested in the Flesh. […], London: […] R. Hodgkinsonne, for Philip Nevill […], →OCLC, canto 6 (The Triumph), page 208
    • Ocean vvas troubled, from th' Atlantick Vaſte / To Shores Eöan vvhere Braſilian Hills / Are cloath'd vvith Myrrh, and Trees diſtill vvith Balm.1720, J[ohn] Bulkeley, “Book II”, in The Last-Day. A Poem, […], London: […] J. Peele, […]; R. King, […]; C[harles] Rivington, […]; and W[illiam Rufus] Chetwood […], →OCLC, page 81

Synonyms of eoan

Forms of eoan

alternative formeoan

Origin of eoan

From either of the following: * Learned borrowing from Latin ē̆ōus (“of the east; of the dawn”) + -an (suffix forming adjectives). Ē̆ōus is derived from ἠῷος (ēōîos, “of the east; of the morning”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn; east”). * Eos (“Greek goddess of the dawn”) + -an. Eos is derived from Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs, “Greek goddess of the dawn”), from ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn, daybreak; morning; day; east”): see above. Cognates * Italian eoo * Portuguese eoo

Words that rhyme with eoan

Questions about eoan

What does eoan mean?
Eoan means relating to the dawn.
What is eoan the alternative letter-case form of?
Eoan is the alternative letter-case form of Eoan.
What part of speech is eoan?
Eoan is an adjective.
How do you pronounce eoan?
Eoan is pronounced /iːˈəʊən/ (UK).

Words near eoan in the dictionary

  1. eo instante
  2. eo ipso
  3. eo nomine
  4. eo-
  5. Eo-Oligocene
  6. eoan
  7. Eoarchean
  8. EOB
  9. eobaatarid
  10. eobaatarids
  11. eobiont

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