starry

See also: Starry

English

Etymology

From Middle English sterry, equivalent to star +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstɑː.ɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈstɑɹ.i/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɹi

Adjective

starry (comparative starrier, superlative starriest)

1. Having stars visible.

   Synonym: stelliferous

   Antonyms: starless, unstarry

   starry night

   Alyssa stared out of her window at the starry night sky.

2. Resembling or shaped like a star.
   • 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, page 21:

     I shrank from the starry waters as they rose to my lip, but a power stronger than my will compelled me to their taste.

   • 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.

3. Full of stars or celebrities.

   Synonym: star-studded

   Despite a starry cast, the film performed poorly at the box office.

   • 2022 October 5, Michael Paulson, “Suzan-Lori Parks Is on Broadway, Off Broadway and Everywhere Else”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     A starry 20th-anniversary revival of “Topdog/Underdog,” her Pulitzer Prize-winning fable about two brothers, three-card monte and one troubling inheritance, is in previews on Broadway.

   • 2023 March 20, Rebecca Gillam, Bridie Wilkins, “Alexandra Daddario and her PT on how she built her Baywatch bod + her 10 regular workout rules”, in Women's Health‎^[2]:

     After a bit of digging, we discovered she follows a stringent workout and nutrition regime, masterminded by Patrick Murphy — a celeb PT with a super-starry roster, including Zac Efron, Keanu Reeves and Ruby Rose — with a focus on overall health rather than aesthetics.

Coordinate terms

• stellar

 

Derived terms

• starrily (adverb)
• starry bob
• starry campion
• starry-eyed
• starry-eyed (adj)
• starry eyes
• starry flounder
• starry ray
• starry sturgeon

 

Translations

having stars visible

• Bulgarian: звезден (zvezden)
• Catalan: estelat (ca)
• French: étoilé (fr)
• Galician: estrelado
• German: sternenklar, gestirnt (de), bestirnt (de)
• Greek: έναστρος (el) m (énastros)
• Icelandic: stjörnubjartur (is)
• Ingrian: tähekäs
• Irish: réaltach, réaltógach
• Italian: stellato (it)
• Latin: stellātus, sīdereus
• Macedonian: ѕвезден (dzvezden)
• Old English: āstierred
• Polish: gwieździsty (pl), gwiaździsty (pl), gwiezdny (pl), rozgwieżdżony (pl)
• Portuguese: estrelado (pt)
• Romanian: înstelat (ro)
• Russian: звёздный (ru) (zvjózdnyj)
• Spanish: estrellado (es), estelífero (es), astrífero (es)
• Turkish: yıldızlı (tr)
• Welsh: serennog (cy), serog

shaped like a star

• Bulgarian: звездообразен (zvezdoobrazen)
• Catalan: estelat (ca)
• French: étoilé (fr)
• Galician: estrelado
• German: sternförmig (de), sternartig
• Greek: αστεροειδής (el) m (asteroeidís)
• Irish: réaltach, réaltógach
• Lithuanian: žvaigždiškas
• Macedonian: ѕвездест (dzvezdest), ѕвездолик (dzvezdolik)
• Polish: gwieździsty (pl), gwiaździsty (pl)
• Russian: звёздчатый (ru) (zvjózdčatyj), звездообра́зный (ru) (zvezdoobráznyj)
• Spanish: estrellado (es)
• Turkish: yıldızımsı
• Welsh: serenffurf

Anagrams

• Tarrys