different between starry vs scarry

English

From Middle English sterry, equivalent to star +? -y.

starry (comparative starrier, superlative starriest)

Having stars visible.
Alyssa stared out of her window at the starry night sky.
Resembling or shaped like a star.
- 1904, Flora and Sylva (volume 2, page 90)
  An old shrub long grown in gardens for its irregular yellow flowers of peculiar starry shape, coming from October to December.
Full of stars or celebrities; star-studded.
Despite a starry cast, the film performed poorly at the box office.

scar +? -y

scarry (comparative more scarry, superlative most scarry)

Like a scar, or rocky eminence.
Bearing scars, or marks of wounds.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Holinshed to this entry?)

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