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faxed star en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English faxed sterre, from Old English feaxede steorra (“comet”, literally “maned star”), equivalent to faxed (“having hair, hairy”) + star, from the tail appearing as though the star had hair.

Meanings

1. (dialectal, rare) A comet; meteor.
   • The difference between true and false glory is elegantly illustrated by Milton in his description of Satan, who, falling, was defigured from a star of high magnitude into a faxed star, whose meteoric flash soon fades, […] 2009, Harry Alfred Long, Personal and Family Names:

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