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starrish

Today it means: Like, resembling, or relating to a star; starlike. Full definition →

Middle English sterrish

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Middle English · inherited fromsterrish
English todaystarrish

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.