Meanings
- not comparablepredicativeCovered with bright or sparkling objects.
1959, Mabel Esther Allan (as Jean Estoril), Drina Dances Alone, New York: Scholastic, 1989, Chapter 6, p. 71, The hedges were astar with blackthorn and there were primroses and cowslips on the banks.
1 more example
[…] they could follow the high-rose hedge, already astar with buds.
1903, Katherine Cecil Burton, The Circle, New York: A.L. Burt, Part 2, Chapter 6, p. 171Synonyms: spangled
- not comparablepredicativeShining as if with sparks or small points of light.
Astar with the cold fire of gems, it [the palace] was.
1993, Anne Gay, chapter 33, in Dancing on the Volcano, London: Orbit, page 3731 more example
She found Anne standing motionless before a picture hanging on the wall between the two windows, with her hands clasped behind her, her face uplifted, and her eyes astar with dreams.
1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 8, in Anne of Green Gables, Boston: L.C. Page, pages 79–80
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCovered with bright or sparkling objects.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
- Proto-Germanic*an
- Proto-West Germanic*ana
- Old Englishon
- Middle Englishan
- Middle Englisha-
- Englisha-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂stḗr
- Proto-Germanic*sternǭ
- Proto-West Germanic*sternō
- Proto-West Germanic*sterrō
- Old Englishsteorra
- Middle Englishsterre
- Englishstar
- Englishastar
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Cite this entry
astar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astar
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