fallen starn.

Brit.

/ˌfɔːlən ˈstɑː/, U.S.

/ˌfɔlən ˈstɑr/,

/ˌfɑlən ˈstɑr/

Forms: see fallen adj. and n. and star n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fallen adj., star n.¹

Etymology: < fallen adj. + star n.¹

1. A person who or thing which has lost or been brought down from a position of high status, wealth, influence, etc. Cf. fallen angel n. 2.Originally with allusion to the ‘star’ or angel cast down from heaven in Revelation 9:1, and frequently used with reference to the renunciation of religious faith.

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the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition > one who

fallen star?1545

fallen angel1646

declinanta1734

?1545 J. Bale 2nd Pt. Image Both Churches ii. sig. K^v Soche lyenge masters as hath brought in sectes of perdicyon... They are not the lyght as they boast themselues to be (for all they loke to be called spyrituall) but they are the fallen Starres.

1634 S. Rutherford Let. 2 Mar. in Joshua Redivivus (1765) 460 That fallen star, the prince of the bottomless pit, knoweth it is near the time when he shall be tormented.

1718 A. Boyer Polit. State Great Brit. Oct. 299 The undue Practices of our late discarded Minister, who, during his high Authority,..brought..us..into great Distress,..to the everlasting Reproach of that Fallen Star.

1768 J. Potter Gayton's Festivous Notes Don Quixote iii. 87 Old William and his Astronomia being dead, Marcella's uncle..was made guardian to this fallen star, which at her mother's departure to the firmament, droped by the way.

1817 Morning Chron. 13 Nov. 3/2 S——y, thou fallen star! who now for pay Hast thrown thy splendour and thyself away, Why not with shame throw down thy venal pen?

1850 E. B. Underhill tr. T. J. van Braght Martyrol. Churches of Christ I. 158 Luther calls the monks and priests, creatures of the devil, fallen stars,..living in the seven deadly sins.

1912 E. Schleussner tr. A. Strindberg Confession of Fool ii. 16 All prejudices nursed in the heart of the commoner against the aristocracy..vanished and gave place to a feeling of sympathy for the fallen stars.

1989 Guardian (Nexis) 13 Apr. SmithKline is a fallen star. Ten years ago, it was a Wall Street favourite.

2006 L. Isis-Morris Lithium for Lunch vii. 66 Despite all the promise in my life, I had become a fallen star, finally cast into the role that my mother..designed for me.

a. Also in plural. A gelatinous mass found on the ground or on vegetation (originally thought to be the remains of a falling star); spec. a gelatinous mass of cyanobacteria of the genus Nostoc (see nostoc n.). Now historical.Cf. earlier star-fallen at star n.¹ Compounds 7b(a), and the other names for this substance recorded in that sense.The identity of the organisms for which the name is used is often unclear; they may have included certain slime moulds.

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the world > plants > particular plants > algae > [noun] > nostoc > individual plant of

starn-slime?c1475

jellya1642

fallen star1707

nostoc1852

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. viii. 226 Like the foule gelly from falne stars descends.]

1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. 55 'Tis first a Jelly like the white of an Egg or faln star, then grows more Opaque.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Fallen stars,..Tremella Nostoc, Linn.; a gelatinous plant, found in pastures &c. after rain.

1843 Gardener's Mag. May 201 In such simple forms of vegetation as Protococcus nivalis (red snow), Palmella cruenta (gory dew), and the nostoc or fallen star, there is only a simple aggregation of vesicles without any definite arrangement.

1913 F. L. Sargent Plants & their Uses 474 (caption) Fallen Stars (Nostoc spp., Fallen Star Family, Nostocaceæ).

2003 B. D. Dyer Field Guide Bacteria xiii. 237 Such colonies also have many colloquial names, including ‘philosopher's stone’, ‘mare's eggs’, ‘witch's (or fairy's) butter’, ‘fallen stars’.

†b. Chiefly Scottish. More fully sea fallen star. A (beached) jellyfish. Also in plural. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Myctophiforms > [noun] > family Scopelidae > member of family Scopelidae

jellyfish1707

fallen star1808

scopelidan1859

scopeloid1880

scopelid1882

serra1896

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Fallen Stars Sea Fallen Stars, Sea Lungs, an animal thrown on the sea-shore in summer and autumn; Medusa æquorea, Linn.

1841 W. H. Harvey Man. Brit. Algæ 183 Those gelatinous Medusæ which are cast ashore along the coast, and called by the country people ‘fallen stars’.

1880 M. Hunt Leaden Casket II. xxviii. 266 Here were fossils, St. Hilda's headless snakes, and brittle belemnites, and pools full of the sea's fallen stars, as the Scotch so prettily call the jelly-fish.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fallen star
释义	fallen starn. Brit. /ˌfɔːlən ˈstɑː/, U.S. /ˌfɔlən ˈstɑr/, /ˌfɑlən ˈstɑr/ Forms: see fallen adj. and n. and star n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fallen adj., star n.¹ Etymology: < fallen adj. + star n.¹ 1. A person who or thing which has lost or been brought down from a position of high status, wealth, influence, etc. Cf. fallen angel n. 2.Originally with allusion to the ‘star’ or angel cast down from heaven in Revelation 9:1, and frequently used with reference to the renunciation of religious faith. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition > one who fallen star?1545 fallen angel1646 declinanta1734 ?1545 J. Bale 2nd Pt. Image Both Churches ii. sig. K^v Soche lyenge masters as hath brought in sectes of perdicyon... They are not the lyght as they boast themselues to be (for all they loke to be called spyrituall) but they are the fallen Starres. 1634 S. Rutherford Let. 2 Mar. in Joshua Redivivus (1765) 460 That fallen star, the prince of the bottomless pit, knoweth it is near the time when he shall be tormented. 1718 A. Boyer Polit. State Great Brit. Oct. 299 The undue Practices of our late discarded Minister, who, during his high Authority,..brought..us..into great Distress,..to the everlasting Reproach of that Fallen Star. 1768 J. Potter Gayton's Festivous Notes Don Quixote iii. 87 Old William and his Astronomia being dead, Marcella's uncle..was made guardian to this fallen star, which at her mother's departure to the firmament, droped by the way. 1817 Morning Chron. 13 Nov. 3/2 S——y, thou fallen star! who now for pay Hast thrown thy splendour and thyself away, Why not with shame throw down thy venal pen? 1850 E. B. Underhill tr. T. J. van Braght Martyrol. Churches of Christ I. 158 Luther calls the monks and priests, creatures of the devil, fallen stars,..living in the seven deadly sins. 1912 E. Schleussner tr. A. Strindberg Confession of Fool ii. 16 All prejudices nursed in the heart of the commoner against the aristocracy..vanished and gave place to a feeling of sympathy for the fallen stars. 1989 Guardian (Nexis) 13 Apr. SmithKline is a fallen star. Ten years ago, it was a Wall Street favourite. 2006 L. Isis-Morris Lithium for Lunch vii. 66 Despite all the promise in my life, I had become a fallen star, finally cast into the role that my mother..designed for me. 2. a. Also in plural. A gelatinous mass found on the ground or on vegetation (originally thought to be the remains of a falling star); spec. a gelatinous mass of cyanobacteria of the genus Nostoc (see nostoc n.). Now historical.Cf. earlier star-fallen at star n.¹ Compounds 7b(a), and the other names for this substance recorded in that sense.The identity of the organisms for which the name is used is often unclear; they may have included certain slime moulds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > [noun] > nostoc > individual plant of starn-slime?c1475 jellya1642 fallen star1707 nostoc1852 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. viii. 226 Like the foule gelly from falne stars descends.] 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. 55 'Tis first a Jelly like the white of an Egg or faln star, then grows more Opaque. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Fallen stars,..Tremella Nostoc, Linn.; a gelatinous plant, found in pastures &c. after rain. 1843 Gardener's Mag. May 201 In such simple forms of vegetation as Protococcus nivalis (red snow), Palmella cruenta (gory dew), and the nostoc or fallen star, there is only a simple aggregation of vesicles without any definite arrangement. 1913 F. L. Sargent Plants & their Uses 474 (caption) Fallen Stars (Nostoc spp., Fallen Star Family, Nostocaceæ). 2003 B. D. Dyer Field Guide Bacteria xiii. 237 Such colonies also have many colloquial names, including ‘philosopher's stone’, ‘mare's eggs’, ‘witch's (or fairy's) butter’, ‘fallen stars’. †b. Chiefly Scottish. More fully sea fallen star. A (beached) jellyfish. Also in plural. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Myctophiforms > [noun] > family Scopelidae > member of family Scopelidae jellyfish1707 fallen star1808 scopelidan1859 scopeloid1880 scopelid1882 serra1896 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Fallen Stars Sea Fallen Stars, Sea Lungs, an animal thrown on the sea-shore in summer and autumn; Medusa æquorea, Linn. 1841 W. H. Harvey Man. Brit. Algæ 183 Those gelatinous Medusæ which are cast ashore along the coast, and called by the country people ‘fallen stars’. 1880 M. Hunt Leaden Casket II. xxviii. 266 Here were fossils, St. Hilda's headless snakes, and brittle belemnites, and pools full of the sea's fallen stars, as the Scotch so prettily call the jelly-fish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1545
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