单词 | planet-stricken |
释义 | planet-strickenadj. Now rare. = planet-struck adj. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1615 |
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