faxed starとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English faxed sterre, from 古期英語 feaxede steorra (“comet”, literally “maned star”), equivalent to faxed (“having hair, hairy”) +‎ star, from the tail appearing as though the star had hair.

名詞

faxed star (複数形 faxed stars)

1. (まれに, dialectal) A comet; meteor.
   • 2009, Harry Alfred Long, Personal and Family Names:

     The difference between true and false glory is elegantly illustrated by Milton in his description of Satan, who, falling, was defigured from a star of high magnitude into a faxed star, whose meteoric flash soon fades, […]