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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 That use is no longer current, but today biologists and geologists might use one of these synonyms: stellular, stellate, and stelliform.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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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Emotions cooled after that, but season 47 finished strong with the signature moment of Operation: Italy, followed by a stellar penultimate episode in which separating fact from fiction never appeared harder.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
And to be clear, A Complete Unknown is a stellar film: Dylan newbies and longtime fans alike should enjoy it.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
Jase displayed his stellar hunting skills during his Duck Dynasty run.
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Stellar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stellar. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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