wanderstar
nounEtymology
From wander + star, probably a calque of German Wandelstern (“planet”). Compare the historic term wandering star, like the German term ultimately a calque from Ancient Greek.
Definitions
A wandering star or other similar heavenly body
A wandering star or other similar heavenly body; a comet; meteor; planet.
- He had thumbed about in Chants of a Wander-Star last night in bed and wondered about the career of that marginal versifier — born out of his proper time and now remembered by Ackley in an era even less proper.
- A thin scythe of moon was rising, near the white wanderstar of dawn or dusk.
- He passed gulls, terns, cormorants as if they were standing still. Now and then a wander-star crossed the heavens: one of the metal eyes the ancients hung over Alifros to spy on their enemies.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA