Meanings
- astronomyA type-LC irregular variable supergiant, visible as a second-magnitude orange star, or telescopically as an apparent triple star, marking the nose of the horse in the northern constellation of Pegasus.
[Enif, Enf, and Enir, all titles for this, are from Al Anf, the Nose, by which the Arabians designated it.]
1899, Richard Hinckley Allen, Star-Names and Their Meanings, New York: G. E. Stechert, page 327Synonyms: ε Pegasi, ε Peg, Epsilon Pegasi
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA type-LC irregular variable supergiant, visible as a second-magnitude orange star, or telescopically as an apparent triple star, marking the nose of the horse in the northern constellation of Pegasus.
Origin
- Arabicأَنْف“nose”
- EnglishEnif
From Arabic أَنْف (ʔanf, “nose”) (i.e. of Pegasus).
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Enif. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Enif
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