starrinessn.

Brit.

/ˈstɑːrɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈstɑrinᵻs/

Forms: 1600s starrinesse, 1700s– starriness.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: starry adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < starry adj. + -ness suffix.

The condition or quality of being starry (in various senses of the adjective).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > star > [noun] > quality of

starriness1673

the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > starlight > state of having

starriness1673

1673 R. Sharrock De Finibus Virtutis Christianæ ii. ii. 80 We cannot bear the least ray of the starrinesse of..[Heaven's] Nature.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Starriness, Fulness of Stars.

1830 Blackwood's Mag. 27 848 Let the heaven of thy imagination be spanned in its starriness by that most celestial Evanescence.

1879 G. Meredith Egoist v She had money and health and beauty, the triune of perfect starriness, which makes all men astronomers.

1929 S. Leslie Anglo-Catholic xxii. 310 The whiter fields of starriness that he watched under nightfall.

1983 P. Ferris Distant Country 113 The faint starryness of the sky.

2013 Time Out N.Y. 11 July 63/1 Starriness apart, she's possessed of a splendidly raspy voice and a fine line in stage banter.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	starriness
释义	starrinessn. Brit. /ˈstɑːrɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈstɑrinᵻs/ Forms: 1600s starrinesse, 1700s– starriness. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: starry adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < starry adj. + -ness suffix. The condition or quality of being starry (in various senses of the adjective). ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > star > [noun] > quality of starriness1673 the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > starlight > state of having starriness1673 1673 R. Sharrock De Finibus Virtutis Christianæ ii. ii. 80 We cannot bear the least ray of the starrinesse of..[Heaven's] Nature. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Starriness, Fulness of Stars. 1830 Blackwood's Mag. 27 848 Let the heaven of thy imagination be spanned in its starriness by that most celestial Evanescence. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist v She had money and health and beauty, the triune of perfect starriness, which makes all men astronomers. 1929 S. Leslie Anglo-Catholic xxii. 310 The whiter fields of starriness that he watched under nightfall. 1983 P. Ferris Distant Country 113 The faint starryness of the sky. 2013 Time Out N.Y. 11 July 63/1 Starriness apart, she's possessed of a splendidly raspy voice and a fine line in stage banter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1673
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