English Explanatory Dictionary

faxed star

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A comet; meteor.

Word forms

faxed star faxed stars fixed star faxed-star

Etymology

From Middle English faxed sterre, from Old English feaxede steorra (“comet”, literally “maned star”), equivalent to faxed (“having hair, hairy”) + star, from the tail appearing as though the star had hair.

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