US /ˈstɑɹləs/ UK /ˈstɑːləs/
adj Freq #121491

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    having no stars visible

    A bank of cloud left the eastern sky dark and starless.

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Synonyms
1 adj · having no stars visible unstarry
Opposites
Word family
Related forms starstarlight

Etymology

From Middle English sterreles, equivalent to star + -less. It is a piecewise doublet of the rare Greek-derived asterless.

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