stelliferous

English

Etymology

From Latin stēlla (“star”) +‎ -i- +‎ -ferous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɛˈlɪfəɹəs/

Adjective

stelliferous (comparative more stelliferous, superlative most stelliferous)

1. Filled with stars; starry.
   • 1966, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 4, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York: Bantam Books, published 1976, →ISBN, page 58:

     If it was really Pierce's attempt to leave an organized something behind after his own annihilation, then it was part of her duty, wasn't it, to bestow life on what had persisted, to try to be what Driblette was, the dark machine in the centre of the planetarium, to bring the estate into pulsing stelliferous Meaning, all in a soaring dome around her?

2. (of the universe) With conditions that support stars.