faxed star
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faxed star
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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.
noun faxed stars · fixed star · faxed-star
- A comet; meteor. The difference between true and false glory is elegantly illustrated by Milton in his description of Satan, who, falling, was defigured from a star of high magnitude into a faxed star, whose meteoric flash soon fades, […]
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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