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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 That use is no longer current, but today biologists and geologists might use one of these synonyms: stellular, stellate, and stelliform.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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Okla Jones, Essence, 11 Mar. 2025
Godwin dislocated his ankle in a loss to the Ravens just seven weeks into the season and was on track for yet another stellar season.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
After a stellar three seasons with the team, he was sent to the Texans for two first-round picks, a second-round pick, Johnson Bademosi, and Julien Davenport.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Mele has played an invaluable part in putting together stellar casts for our highest-profile current series.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Stellar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stellar. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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