starcraft en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From star + -craft, the latter part from Old English -cræft (“-craft”).
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The art of interpreting or reading the stars, astrology.
They were the keepers of starcraft, runecraft, lorecraft and wortcraft and they guided many through the darkness of the future and healed bodies and minds.
1994, Tony Linsell, Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration & Magic, →ISBN, page 16:On the same morning, almost the same hour, / Under the selfsame aspect of the stars, / (Oh falsehood of all starcraft!) we were born. / How like each other was the birth of each!
1827–1879 (date written), Alfred Tennyson, “Part I”, in The Lover’s Tale, London: C[harles] Kegan Paul & Co., […], published 1879, →OCLC, page 18:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| starcrafts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |