Marked with star-like spots or patterns; displaying or possessing a star-like quality or asterism.
From 'asteria' or 'asterium' plus the participle suffix '-ated,' meaning marked or decorated with. The '-ated' ending typically indicates something has been treated or marked with a quality.
Gemologists use 'asteriated' to describe stones that have been naturally marked with star patterns, but it's also used poetically to describe anything star-like—it's one of those beautiful technical terms that preserves the ancient wonder people felt seeing stars.
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