Effendi

An effendi is defined by Merriam Webster's dictionary as "a man of property, authority, or education in an eastern Mediterranean country." This term originates from theTurkish word efendi, meaning master.
=="Esthétique du Mal"==
In stanza nine of Stevens' poem "Esthetique du Mal," the word "effendi" appears twice, seemingly referring to the moon:
 Panic in the face of the moon -- round effendi
 Or the phosphored sleep in which he walks abroad
 Or the majolica dish heaped up with phosphored fruit
 That he sends ahead, out of the goodness of his heart,
 To anyone who comes -- panic, because
 The moon is no longer these nor anything
 And nothing is left but comic ugliness
 Or a lustred nothingness. Effendi, he
 That has lost the folly of the moon becomes
 The prince of the proverbs of pure poverty.[1]
==References==
1. http://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2010_10_01_archive.html