starlike
/stˈɑɹlˌaɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a celebrity or leading actor.
Example Sentences
- "Pluto's starlike appearance in the telescope was an early clue that it was not the large Planet X astronomers had hoped for."
- "For example, long projections emerged from the cells and floated before they retracted, creating a starlike pattern."
- "the growth theorem for holomorphic starlike mappings"
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 *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English starlike From star + -like.
Inflected Forms
more starlike (comparative)
most starlike (superlative)