This word is ridiculously poetic and it caught my attention. I’m sure I must have heard it before, but I didn’t remember it. According to the Google graphic on the word, it was at its heyday around the year 1900, which sounds about right to me.
“Who would have expected a chance meeting in an adult bookstore could be the dayspring of a new career.”
Dayspring – noun
1) archaic : the beginning of day : Dawn
2) the beginning of a new era or order of things
~per Merriam-Webster
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