STARLIKE

starlike

(adjective) resembling a star; “they saw a starlike object in the sky”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

starlike (comparative more starlike, superlative most starlike)

Resembling a star, especially in shape.

Resembling or characteristic of a celebrity or leading actor.

(geometry) Convex; having the property that any line segment joining any mapped point to a specified point in the domain lies entirely in the domain.

Anagrams

• larkiest, stalkier, tsarlike

Source: Wiktionary


Star"like`, a.

1. Resembling a star; stellated; radiated like a star; as, starlike flowers.

2. Shining; bright; illustrious. Dryden. The having turned many to righteousness shall confer a starlike and immortal brightness. Boyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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