stardust

star·dust (stär

)

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.

Idiom:

have stardust in (one's) eyes

To be uncritically or unrealistically optimistic.

stardust [ˈstɑːˌdʌst]

1. (Astronomy) dusty material found between the stars

2. a large number of distant stars appearing to the observer as a cloud of dust

3. a dreamy romantic or sentimental quality or feeling

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Noun

stardust - a dreamy romantic or sentimental quality

romance, romanticism - an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)

Translations

stardust [ˈstɑːdʌst] N (fig) → encanto m, embeleso m

stardust

(Astron) → Sternnebel m

(= naïvely romantic quality) there was stardust in her eyes → in ihrem Blick lag etwas Naiv-Romantisches

(= charisma) → Ausstrahlung f → eines Stars

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In spite of all that has happened since, I still remember that vigil very distinctly: the black and silent observatory, the shadowed lantern throwing a feeble glow upon the floor in the corner, the steady ticking of the clockwork of the tele- scope, the little slit in the roof--an oblong profundity with the stardust streaked across it.

The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context

But its lustre gleamed upon the ceiling; the exquisite texture of its wings brushed against that earthly medium; and a sparkle or two, as of stardust, floated downward and lay glimmering on the carpet.

Mosses From An Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

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