wanderstar means A wandering star or other similar heavenly body; a comet; meteor; planet. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
Why this word is great
WANDERSTAR — [Noun] A celestial body perceived to move against the fixed backdrop of stars, such as a planet, comet, or meteor. From wander + star, a calque of German Wandelstern (“planet”), itself a calque of Ancient Greek astēr planētēs (“wandering star”). Unlike “planet,” a term of orbital and gravitational certainty, or “comet,” a descriptor of icy composition and tail, a wanderstar is defined solely by its perceived errancy against the stellar vault. It is the steady, anomalous gleam of Saturn gliding through the Lion’s mane; the sudden, flint-strike of a meteor against the velvet dark; the pale, diffuse smudge of a comet hanging like a forgotten omen. The word names the primal moment of looking up and recognizing a guest among the eternal fixtures.
noun
- A wandering star or other similar heavenly body; a comet; meteor; planet.“He had thumbed about in Chants of a Wander-Star last night in bed and wondered about the career of that marginal versifier — born out of his proper time and now remembered by Ackley in an era even less proper.”