stardust

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   fine particles of matter originating in stars or present in interstellar space

   Some of the meteorite's grains are ancient stardust formed before the solar system.

2. 2
   noun

   a dreamy, glamorous, or romantic quality that makes reality seem enchanted

   Nostalgia covered the difficult tour in a haze of stardust.

A compound of star + dust. It first named stars seen as dustlike points or fine matter associated with space; the figurative sense transferred their distant glitter to romantic glamour.

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