Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stelliferous

/stɛˈlɪfəɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: stel-lif-er-ous
IPA: /stɛˈlɪfəɹəs/

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Filled with stars; starry.

adj

With conditions that support stars.

Example Sentences

"If it was really Pierce's attempt to leave an organized something behind after his own annihilation, then it was part of her duty, wasn't it, to bestow life on what had persisted, to try to be what Driblette was, the dark machine in the centre of the planetarium, to bring the estate into pulsing stelliferous Meaning, all in a soaring dome around her?"

Etymology

From Latin stēlla (“star”) + -i- + -ferous.

Inflected Forms

more stelliferous (comparative) most stelliferous (superlative)

Phrases

Stelliferous Age Stelliferous Era

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

How do you pronounce stelliferous?: The recorded pronunciation is /stɛˈlɪfəɹəs/.
What does stelliferous mean?: Filled with stars; starry.
Where does stelliferous come from?: From Latin stēlla (“star”) + -i- + -ferous.

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