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starstuff

noun

Etymology

From star + stuff. Compare Dutch sterrenstof (“stardust”), German Sternenstoff (“star matter”).

  1. derived from *stoppōn✻ — “to clog up, block, fill”
  2. derived from stoffōn
  3. derived from estofe
  4. derived from stuffa
  5. inherited from stuf
  6. compounded as starstuff — “star + stuff”

Definitions

  1. The material composition of stars

    The material composition of stars; matter originated from stars; starmatter.

    • Not only is the matter around you star-stuff, but you are, too. There is not a single cell in your body that is not made of matter formed in the heart, and then the death, of a distant and now-extinct star.
    • "[…] We have begun to contemplate our origins—starstuff pondering the stars!”
    • Energy takes starstuff and turns it into a horse. Dissolves the horse back into stardust and uses the same starstuff to grow a tree.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for starstuff. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA