stellar
/ˈstɛl.əɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of stars.
adj
adj
Example Sentences
- "The actress gave a stellar performance."
- "Some years ago there were hundreds of musicians of ability, but of less stellar renown, who toured the country, giving performances at less than stellar fees."
- "Yet the economic seers are at it again, seemingly unabashed by their somewhat less than stellar performances in 1969."
- "Where a bank may automatically reject any borrower based on a bad credit score, this is not true for all social lending networks. You can still have a less than stellar score and obtain funding as long as you can convince a peer tha your project is worthy or your business model is strong."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗrder. Proto-Italic *stērlā Latin stēlla Latin stēllārisbor. English stellar Borrowed from Latin stēllāris.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈstɛl.əɹ/
- British English: /ˈstɛl.ə/
Inflected Forms
more stellar (comparative)
most stellar (superlative)