starlet
/ˈstɑɹlɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An accomplished and important supporting player in a sports team.
adj
Alternative form of starlit.
Example Sentences
- "There were other flapper-era starlets, of course—Louise Brooks, Greta Garbo—but they were poseurs by comparison."
- "As Mourinho also entered the press room while most journalists were still watching the players’ lap of honour, nothing could be confirmed about the condition of Pogba, who scored United’s second goal and the Portuguese declined a chance to praise some fine performances from his starlets, with Josh Harrop scoring on his debut."
- "It e'en the semblance of sound's softest echo Were to compare the faintest starlet's beam, Struggling through angry clouds its misty Ray, With the all-powerful Sun's meridian ray, Dazzling the gaze of nature — doth pervade The atmosphere, as 'twere a whisper's shadow Or breathing soft disembodied souls;"
- "As I saw the love-light beam From her radiant eyes, more glorious far Than the starlet's nightly gleam :"
- "The shimmering, shivering, trembling, twinkling starlet white, Dancy rays darteth down, showering blossoms of silvern light ;"
- "I have a little golden dream That haunts me night and day, And like a starlet's golden beam Lights up my darksome way."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Germanic *sternǭ Proto-West Germanic *sternō Proto-West Germanic *sterrō Old English steorra Middle English sterre English star Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English starlet From star + -let.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈstɑɹlɪt/
- British English: /ˈstɑːlɪt/