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Stella, the Latin word for "star," shines brightly in the word constellation, but stella words have been favored by scientists to describe earthly things as much as heavenly bodies. Stellar was once used to mean "star-shaped." That use is no longer current, but today biologists and geologists might use one of these synonyms: stellular, stellate, and stelliform. Poets, too, have looked to stella. John Milton used stellar in its infancy when he wrote in Paradise Lost "these soft fires … shed down their stellar virtue." Stellar shot into its leading role as a synonym of star (as when we say "stellar pupil") in the late 1800s.
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Averi Baudler, Peoplemag, 14 July 2024
In Europe, Turkey, Austria and Slovenia gave stellar performances, testing soccer powerhouses Netherlands, England and France.
—Asli Pelit, Sportico.com, 14 July 2024
These stellar nurseries can be seen as feathers in the Penguin’s tail and what resembles a fish in its beak.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 July 2024
In fact, out in the room right out there, in a red sweater, will be Alyssa Rosenberg, our stellar new Letters Editor.
—Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
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“Stellar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stellar. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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