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stardust

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star⋅dust

[stahr-duhst]
–noun
1. (not in technical use) a mass of distant stars appearing as tiny particles of dust.
2. a naively romantic quality: There was stardust in her eyes.
Also, star dust.


Origin:
1835–45; star + dust
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star·dust   (stär'dŭst')   
n.  
  1. A dreamlike, romantic, or uncritical sense of well-being.

  2. A cluster of stars too distant to be seen individually, resembling a dimly luminous cloud of dust. Not in scientific use.

  3. Minute particles of matter that fall to Earth from the stars. Not in scientific use.

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