meteoric

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The peeping sun caught his glittering armour as he sped, so that of a sudden he must have seemed to them a thing of fire -- meteoric, as had been his whole life's trajectory which was now swiftly dipping to its nadir.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or formed by a meteoroid.
  2. adjective Of or relating to the earth's atmosphere.
  3. adjective Similar to a meteor in speed, brilliance, or brevity: a meteoric rise to fame.

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  • Azizul's rise has been meteoric, his arrival on the big stage swift but nothing is out of the ordinary.
  • At just 18 years old, and with a lead role in a massive upcoming Tim Burton film, we expect Mia Wasikowska to continue what can only be termed her meteoric rise to stardom. —  AskMen.com - HOME PAGE
  • Definition and Pronunciation meteoric: meaning and definitions - meteoric: Definition and Pronunciation meteor - meteor meteor, appearance of a small particle flying through space that interacts with the ... —  infoplease - Daily Almanac
  • That would be what you could call a meteoric rise! —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • Two, it's impossible to quantize how significant rising home prices were to our everyday economy, whether it be automobile sales or the meteoric rise in education prices. —  Credit Slips
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  1. = French météorique = Spanish meteórico = Portuguese Italian meteorico, from New Latin meteoricus, pertaining to meteors, Middle Latin in the air, on high, from New Latin meteorum, a meteor: see meteor.
 

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