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

Fear Has chang'd their elevated gait to a dejection: They're planet-struck.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert

In this battle the English soldiers appeared to be planet-struck, surrendering themselves prisoners to mere old women; and the general with a few men made their escape not without great difficulty.

From A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire by Barber, J. T.

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

"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)

Junius says, in Letter 36, note: "Every coward pretends to be planet-struck."

From Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence by Moody, Joel