planet-struck

American  

[plan-it-struhk] / ˈplæn ɪtˌstrʌk /

Also planet-stricken

adjective

1. affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.

2. stricken with terror; panic-stricken.

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planet-struck British  

adjective

1. astrology affected by the influence of a planet, esp malignly

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Etymology

Origin of planet-struck

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

Dazzle, you organs to my optic sense, To view a creature of such eminence: O, I am planet-struck, and in yon sphere A brighter star than Venus doth appear!

From Every Man out of His Humour by Jonson, Ben

"The very image of Wordsworth," says De Quincey, for instance, "as I prefigured it to my own planet-struck eye, crushed my faculties as before Elijah or St. Paul."

From Wordsworth by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

Why, this is downright tyranny! it has quite dampt my spirits; and my betrothed, yonder, seems planet-struck too, I think.

From The Man of the World (1792) by Macklin, Charles

“So saying, he dismiss’d them; they with speed Their course through thickest constellation held, Spreading their bane; the blasted stars look’d wan, And planets, planet-struck, real eclipse, Then suffer’d.”

From The Story of Eclipses by Chambers, George F. (George Frederick)

"What was it?" gasped Dorothy, who had stood throughout the duel like one planet-struck; "what was it you did?"

From The President A novel by Lewis, Alfred Henry