STAR-CROSSED


Meaning of STAR-CROSSED in English

adjective

( literary ) not able to be happy because of bad luck or fate :

Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet

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WORD ORIGIN

first used by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet (1597).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.