Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sporades"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sporades \Spor"a*des\, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. spora`des. Cf.
{Sporadic}.] (Astron.)
Stars not included in any constellation; -- called also
informed, or unformed, stars.
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