Dictionary

stelliferous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /stɛˈlɪfəɹəs/

Etymology

From Latin stēlla (“star”) + -i- + -ferous.

Meanings

1. Filled with stars; starry.
   • If it was really Pierce's attempt to leave an organized something behind after his own annihilation, then it was part of her duty, wasn't it, to bestow life on what had persisted, to try to be what Driblette was, the dark machine in the centre of the planetarium, to bring the estate into pulsing stelliferous Meaning, all in a soaring dome around her? 1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 4, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 58:
2. (of the universe) With conditions that support stars.

Forms

Deriveds

Stelliferous Era · Stelliferous Age