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starry

(adjective) abounding with or resembling stars; “a starry night”; “starry illumination”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

starry (comparative starrier, superlative starriest)

Having stars visible.

Resembling or shaped like a star.

Full of stars or celebrities; star-studded.

Anagrams

• Tarrys

Proper noun

Starry (plural Starrys)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Starry is the 28380th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 841 individuals. Starry is most common among White (94.77%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Tarrys

Source: Wiktionary


Star"ry, a.

1. Abounding with stars; adorned with stars. "Above the starry sky." Pope.

2. Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar; stellary; as, starry light; starry flame. Do not Christians and Heathens, Jews and Gentiles, poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry influence Sir W. Scott.

3. Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes.

4. Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate. Starry ray (Zoöl.), a European skate (Raita radiata); -- so called from the stellate bases of the dorsal spines.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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