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stellular

American  
[stel-yuh-ler] / ˈstɛl yə lər /

adjective

  1. having the form of a small star or small stars.

  2. spotted with stars.

stellular British  
/ ˈstɛljʊlə /

adjective

  1. displaying or abounding in small stars

    a stellular pattern

  2. resembling a little star or little stars

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Other Word Forms

  • stellularly adverb

Etymology

Origin of stellular

1790–1800; < Late Latin stellul ( a ) ( stell ( a ) star + -ula -ule ) + -ar 1

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Presently the lights were dying out like magic all along the encampments, as if some great cataclysm were among the stellular reflections, blotting them from the sphere of being.

From The Storm Centre by Murfree, Mary Noailles

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