English

Adjective

planet-struck ‎(comparative more planet-struck, superlative most planet-struck)

1. (now archaic) Afflicted by the astrological influence of a planet; struck down with amazement or shock; panic-stricken. [from 17th c.]
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.2.4.VII:

     Budæus records how that, at Louis the Twelfth his death, ..., they that were erst in heaven, upon a sudden, as if they had been planet-strucken, lay grovelling on the ground ...

   • 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, VI:

     I protest I know not what Face the Moon bore at that time, but I am sure I appear'd like one Planet-struck, and retir'd, more fit indeed for a Grave than a Mistress.

   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 613:

     To be thus ‘planet-struck’ or ‘blasted’ was to be suddenly and inexplicably affected by a paralysing disease, apoplexy or other kind of sudden death.

Synonyms

• planet-stricken