starward en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Germanic *sternǭ Proto-West Germanic *sternō Proto-West Germanic *sterrō Old English steorra Middle English sterre English star Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English starward From star + -ward.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Leading or pointing toward the stars.
Its white steeple is then truly a starward-pointing finger;
1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Sorrows of Teufelsdrockh”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 2nd book, page 104:They were still indoors in the old-fashioned way, but the view. . . . They were on the starward side of the arc.
1992, Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep, 1st edition, New York: Tor, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 212: