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单词 planet-stricken
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planet-strickenadj.

Brit. /ˈplanᵻtˌstrɪk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈplænətˌstrɪk(ə)n/
Forms: 1600s planet-stroken, 1600s 1800s– planet-stricken.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: planet n., English stricken , strike v.
Etymology: < planet n. + stricken, past participle of strike v., probably after planet-strike v. Compare slightly earlier planet-struck adj. and planet-striking n.
Now rare.
= planet-struck adj.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > suffering misfortune > stricken by misfortune
star-crossed1597
star-cross1608
planet-struck1609
planet-stricken1615
sparrow-blasteda1652
hard-hit1826
1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 114 The Planet-stroken Albumazar, Shaues the Muses like a razor.
1643 E. Bowles Plaine Eng. 25 How could I..drop spirit and vigour into the hearts of my plannet-stricken Country-men?
1819 W. Wordsworth Peter Bell iii. 66 Like planet-stricken men of yore He trembles, smitten to the core.
1862 Atlantic Monthly June 719/2 What Tory writers and officials say warrants the inference that the Patriots kept away. Dalrymple said that the Convention was planet-stricken.
1917 J. B. Cabell Cream of Jest III. vi. 133 Frail babbling planet-stricken folk, who had spied by accident upon an inhuman loveliness, and so must pine away consumed by foiled desire.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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