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starrish

starrish adjective: like, resembling, or relating to a star; starlike.

Adjective

starrish (comparative more starrish, superlative most starrish)

  1. Like, resembling, or relating to a star; starlike.
    • The words of the jurors were written and so shall it was written and so shall it will be done.; Center of the universe where we reverse, restitution paves its way through the broken curse, seeking only what can't be seen from our own lies, true compost from evil wills leaving the lies, starrish...2014, Ted Hodge, Massachusetts Project Word Problems
  2. Characteristic of a star.

Forms of starrish

comparativemore starrish
superlativemost starrish

Origin of starrish

From Middle English sterrish, sterryssh, equivalent to star + -ish. Piecewise doublet of asterisk.

Questions about starrish

What does starrish mean?
Starrish means like, resembling, or relating to a star; starlike.
What part of speech is starrish?
Starrish is an adjective.

Words near starrish in the dictionary

  1. starring the glaze
  2. starring up
  3. starrings
  4. starrise
  5. starrises
  6. starrish
  7. starrs
  8. starry
  9. starry bob
  10. starry bobs
  11. starry campion

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