Etymology

starless

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Today it means: Without visible stars. Full definition →

Middle English sterreles
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromsterreles
  2. English todaystarless

From Middle English sterreles, equivalent to star + -less. Piecewise doublet of asterless.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.