well-starredadj.
/ˌwɛlˈstɑːd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈstɑrd/ Born under a star regarded as lucky in astrology; having fortunes governed by such a star; fortunate, lucky. Cf. ill-starred adj.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > favoured or attended by good fortune > specifically of a person
happya1387
lucky1478
well-starred1775
tinny1918
tin-arsed1937
1775 T. Fisher tr. Sentimental Fables xxvii. 101 Grace and royal mercy flew to save The well-starr'd victim from th' expecting grave.
1867 M. Arnold New Poems 133 Him, I count him, well-starr'd.
1892 W. Watson Poems 83 Friend, in whose friendship I am twice well-starred.
1930 Princeton Alumni Weekly 22 May 426/3 It may be news to you that the ‘ill-starred Bonus Bill’ was so well starred that it passed over the President's veto.
2006 Guardian 2 Mar. (Sports section) 12 Flintoff is one of the sport's lucky ones, hitting top form at a well-starred time for English cricket.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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