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faxed star

faxed star noun: a comet; meteor.

Noun

faxed star (plural faxed stars)

  1. (dialectal, rare) A comet; meteor.
    • The difference between true and false glory is elegantly illustrated by Milton in his description of Satan, who, falling, was defigured from a star of high magnitude into a faxed star, whose meteoric flash soon fades, […]2009, Harry Alfred Long, Personal and Family Names

Forms of faxed star

pluralfaxed stars
alternative formfixed star
alternative formfaxed-star

Origin of faxed star

From Middle English faxed sterre, from Old English feaxede steorra (“comet”, literally “maned star”), equivalent to faxed (“having hair, hairy”) + star, from the tail appearing as though the star had hair.

Questions about faxed star

What does faxed star mean?
Faxed star means a comet; meteor.
What part of speech is faxed star?
Faxed star is a noun.
What is the plural of faxed star?
The plural of faxed star is faxed stars.

Words near faxed star in the dictionary

  1. faxable
  2. faxback
  3. faxbacks
  4. Faxe
  5. faxed
  6. faxed star
  7. faxed stars
  8. faxed-star
  9. faxed-stars
  10. faxeladol
  11. faxer

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