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   nadir

   /ˈneɪdɪə/

   noun

   • 1. the lowest or most unsuccessful point in a situation: "asking that question was the nadir of my career"
   • 2. the point on the celestial sphere directly below an observer.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in nadir (sense 2 of the noun)): via French from Arabic naẓīr (as-samt) ‘opposite (to the zenith)’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • N

     1

   • A

     1

   • D

     2

   • I

     1

   • R

     1

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