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starlit Definition

star·lit (stär′lit′)

adjective

lighted by the stars

starlit Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • sky: I sailed the ship under a starlit sky, quiet except for the sea lapping on the side of the ship.
  • night: Second thought the Tor especially on a clear starlit night.
  • morning: It was four o'clock in the starlit morning when Meredith Gwyn returned home, and gave his horse into Jack's charge.
  • dinner: Starlit dinner cruises and bustling night markets offer an exciting alternative.
starlit Quotes

A starlit or a moonlit dome disdains All that man is, All mere complexities The fury and the mire of human veins.

—Yeats,W(illiam) B(utler)

Here Vaughan lies dead, whose name flows on for ever Through pastures of the spirit washed with dew And starlit with eternities unknown.

—Sassoon, Siegfried Louvain