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star-crossed

[stahr-krawst, -krost]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

thwarted or opposed by the stars; ill-fated.
star-crossed lovers.

star-crossed

adjective

dogged by ill luck; destined to misfortune

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Word History and Origins

Origin of star-crossed¹

First recorded in 1585–95

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Word History and Origins

Origin of star-crossed¹

C16: from _cross (in the sense: thwart): so called because of the astrological belief that the stars affect people's destinies

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But this one feels like the truth of one man’s star-crossed life.

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I hurt with the knowledge that maybe our meeting had been a cruel accident and not star-crossed love.

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Yet the comic high jinks, star-crossed lovers and long-lost relatives that pop up in his play “The Miser,” first produced in 1668, will be instantly familiar to anybody who has ever seen a Shakespeare comedy.

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Class is the central theme in “Egoist”: Kosuke and Ryuta’s star-crossed romance shows us how money, and the struggle to make ends meet, can complicate even the most genuine love.

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Lauded as a trans-affirming story that also features a star-crossed gay love story, “Nimona” proves that heroines don’t need to be nice or sweet to win us over.

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star connection star-crossed lovers

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