STAR, STARRY
ADJECTIVES
► ACRONYCAL ► ACRONYCHAL happening in the evening or at nightfall, as the acronychal rising or setting of a star → 1594
► ACRONYCH happening in the evening or at nightfall, as the acronychal rising or setting of a star → 1594
► LAMPFUL of the sky: full of ‘lamps’, starry → 1598 poetic usage
► SIDERAL 1. pert. to the stars. starry → 1594
2. coming from or caused by the stars; chiefly of malign influences → 1611
► SIDEREAL pert. to the stars → 1647
► SIDEREAN sidereal, starry; like stars, shining, bright → 1656
► SIDERIAL pert. to the stars → 1647
► SIDEROSOUS planet strucken; also, full of stars → 1656 obs.
► SIDEROUS star-like, sidereal → 1646 obs.
► SUBASTRAL situated beneath the stars, mundane, terrestrial → 1752
NOUNS
► ASTROPHOBIA an abnormal fear of the stars → 1991 (Bk.)
► ASTROSCOPY observation of the stars → 19C obs.
► BLINKER a star → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CANDLES OF THE NIGHT stars → 1790
► DEAD HORSES shooting stars → 1892 W. Indian sl. (Bk.)
► FIRES OF HEAVEN, THE the stars → 1607 poetic usage
► LAMPS the stars or heavenly bodies in general → 1423
► LAMPS OF THE NIGHT the stars or heavenly bodies in general → 1665
► LAMPS OF THE WORLD the stars or heavenly bodies in general → 1613
► SHEPHERD’S LAMP the evening star → 1827 Eng. dial.
► SIDEROPHOBIA an abnormal fear of the stars → 1991 (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► ASTROPHILE a person strongly attracted to knowledge about the stars → 1991 (Bk.)
► HEAVEN-GAZER one who gazes at the sky, who studies the stars; an astrologer → 1535
► STARN-KEEKER a star-gazer → 1808 Sc.
► ZABAIST one who practices Sabaism; one who worships the stars, or the spirits in them → 1662
VERBS
► LEAD THE MOON of the evening star: to be in front of or on the right-hand side of the moon; usually a sign of bad weather → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)