Entry: constellated (adj.)
In context: "DeLint's back is pale and constellated with red pits of old pimples, though the back's nothing compared to Struck's or Shaw's back."
Definition: Formed into, or set in, a constellation; clustered together as stars in a constellation.
Other: I had guessed this might be a neologism. Neat word. Check out this beautiful usage:
c1820 Shelley Question ii, Daisies, those pearled Arcturi of the earth, The constellated flower that never sets.
SNOOT score: 1
Page: 686
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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