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zenith
Part of speech: NounThe point in the heavens directly overhead: opposite to nadir; greatest height; summit.
Usage examples "zenith":- A cloud, much darker and more descending than the others, which obscured the firmament, spread over the zenith, and based itself upon the horizon to leeward. - "The Pirate", Frederick Marryat.
- Romano was right, a thousand times right, that he abandoned me when our love was at its zenith. - "Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess", Henry W. Fischer.
- We only got golden bands and curtains splaying in the heavens, except for one or two rare occasions when there were distinct green rays low down amongst the shafts of weird light farthest from the zenith. - "South with Scott", Edward R. G. R. Evans.