Definitions
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek καταστερισμός ("star legend"), from καταστερίζω ("to place among the stars"), from κατά ("down") + ἀστήρ ("star"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The same applies to the constellations, with which a number of legends are connected: "catasterism" or translation into the stars, became the natural conclusion of a great many tales.”
“The process of {174} assimilation with the gods and catasterism were known in the Orient long before they were practiced in Greece.”
“His opportunity to make an immortal ass of himself, to earn catasterism and be placed among the stars as an equine udder, thus happened to hap: Kay-See was to have a "Karnival" modeled upon the pinchbeck rake with which Waco worked the gullible country folk once upon a time -- when she so far forgot herself as to trade on womanly beauty to make it a bunco-steerer for her stores.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘catasterism’.
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Brochettes of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for words or phrases that haven't yet found a place in one or more of my other lists.
nonexclusivity, adaptationist, paxillin, adduct, unblushingly cribbed, ptomaïne, microsievert, millisievert, too big to jail, tastemaker, tinsmithing, Nimzo-Indian and 1616 more...
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rememberers
prolix, ageusia, animadversion, anodyne, antic, arabesque, beadle, brachymetropia, colophon, desquamation, diaphoresis, diegesis and 3251 more...
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hernesheir Leo, Leo Minor, and Lynx are modern constellations named for types of cats.
Jérôme Lalande, French astronomer and writer, named an asterism Felis in 1799, but it is not recognized today. Nov 17, 2011
hernesheir *favorited* Nov 17, 2011