Starfall
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A great number of stars descending downward within outer space or the atmosphere; a meteor shower. countable, rare, uncountable
"It may not be uninteresting to state that a brilliant and persistent rain of meteors, observed on the same November night both here and at Muscat, has been regarded as the certain sign and portent of ills present and to come, by Arabs in high places, who associate the troubles in the interior and along the Arabian coast with this splendid starfall."
- 2 The act of landing on a star. countable, uncountable
"That was just a guess. Man had leaped into space with a new drive, had made starfalls on Procyon, 61 Cygni, Sirius, Altair, all within the fifteen light-year range of the first generation of engines."
- 3 Dark night; the time when stars become visible. uncountable
"And how shall Philomel, by song oppressed, At starfall seek to lure me from my rest, When haply, lost in slumber, I may hear Young Cupid harping in that clovered breast?"
- 4 The time when a shooting star or meteor shower occurs. uncountable
""Wizard Whiterage was supposed to meet us at the summit of Doom at starfall,” said Zephyr."
Example
More examples"It may not be uninteresting to state that a brilliant and persistent rain of meteors, observed on the same November night both here and at Muscat, has been regarded as the certain sign and portent of ills present and to come, by Arabs in high places, who associate the troubles in the interior and along the Arabian coast with this splendid starfall."
Etymology
From star + fall.
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