starlighted

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From star +‎ lighted.

Adjective[edit]

starlighted (comparative more starlighted, superlative most starlighted)

  1. Illuminated by starlight.
    • 1856, F[rederic] D[an] Huntington, Sermons for the People, Boston, Mass.: Crosby, Nichols, and Company; Cincinnati, Ohio: George S. Blanchard, page 336:
      You have mistaken the mythological influences of a starlighted sky for lessons of faith; []
    • 1949, Margaret [Pollock] Sherwood, Pilgrim Feet, Wakefield, Mass.: The Montrose Press, page 110:
      That night after she had been put to bed, she crept to the window, barefooted and nightgown clad, and peered out at the long lines of lights in the city streets, marveling at the difference between the myriad sights and sounds, and the murmuring silence of her starlighted world at home.
    • 2017, Gail MacMillan, Cowboy Country Christmas (Cowboy Country Connections; book 3), The Wild Rose Press, Inc., →ISBN:
      With Jessi by his side, Ross led the quiet mare out of the barn and into the crisp, starlighted night.

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