starry
See also: Starry
English
Etymology
From Middle English sterry, equivalent to star + -y.
Pronunciation
Adjective
starry (comparative starrier, superlative starriest)
- Having stars visible.
- Alyssa stared out of her window at the starry night sky.
- Resembling or shaped like a star.
- 1904, Flora and Sylva (volume 2, page 90)
- An old shrub long grown in gardens for its irregular yellow flowers of peculiar starry shape, coming from October to December.
- 1904, Flora and Sylva (volume 2, page 90)
- Full of stars or celebrities; star-studded.
- Despite a starry cast, the film performed poorly at the box office.
Translations
having stars visible
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shaped like a star
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