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

"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

"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)

Forgetful let me lie where summer's drouth Sifts fine the sand and then with gaping mouth Dream planet-struck by the grape's round wine-red star.

From The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems by Huxley, Aldous

Some can speak, And call the heavens to record, when their fancy, Mere planet-struck, has fix'd their influence On various objects: this deludes poor wenches, And makes them melt like ceruse!

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

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