starshine
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- noun
- /ˈstɑrˌʃaɪn/
- Literature
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luz de las estrellas
- As she lay on the grass, she admired the starshine twinkling in the vast sky.
Examples
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Lovely starshine lights my way to bed.
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Earth is a special and beautifully balanced planet that bathes in the starshine of a sun at the right temperature and at the right distance.
Academic text (1994) -
Lots of starshine and moonbeams.
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Two were dark-headed, but the fair hair of the other drew even the feeble starshine and made of it a silver-gilt beacon.
Fiction book (1992) -
The cloud cover was full of ragged holes through which starshine and the glow of the deep blue sky bled down on the black-running streets.
Fiction book (1995) -
The starshine lit up the dark night, creating a beautiful scene in the forest.
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On clear nights, the starshine can be so bright that it casts shadows on the ground.
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Etymology
The word starshine is made of star and shine, so it literally means 'light' from the stars. Think of sunshine but at night: starshine is the faint, soft light you see from the stars.