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

"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

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

"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)

Nay, in making gooselings in embers: and starting as if they were planet-struck at the weak report of a pot-gun.

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