bestar means to sprinkle with, or as with, stars; to adorn or decorate with, or as with, stars. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
BESTAR — [Verb] To sprinkle with, or as if with, stars; to adorn or decorate with star-like forms. From the English prefix be- ("about, upon, all over") + star. Unlike "bespangle," which suggests a gaudy, terrestrial glitter, or "stud," which implies a firm, deliberate embedding, to bestar is a lighter, more ethereal act of celestial mimesis. It is the frost crystallizing a windowpane in miniature asterisks, the scatter of fireflies in a dusky hedgerow, or the damp pavement bestarred by reflections of street lamps after a rain—a quiet testament to the human impulse to find a borrowed firmament in the terrestrial dark.
verb
- To sprinkle with, or as with, stars; to adorn or decorate with, or as with, stars.