planetless

adj — 2 senses

planetless

adj

Etymology From planet + -less.

1

Without planets.

  • A shoreless sea, a sky sunless and planetless.1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Revolt of Islam:
  • The circumstance which, on the occasion of the discovery of Ceres, and the other so-called small planets, first forcibly recalled to mind Kepler's Pythagorean arguments, was his almost forgotten conjecture as to the probable existence of a yet unseen planet in the great planetless chasm between Mars and Jupiter.1860, Alexander von Humboldt, Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe:
2

Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction Having no home planet.

  • And I am not going to gamble half our resources on as crazy an effort as this, masterminded by a mouthful of planetless lunatics.1961, Galaxy Magazine - Volume 20, Issues 1-6, page 163:
  • He cleared his throat and began the tale of the planetless boy, and Kate listened, drowsy, drifting.1998, Dana Stabenow, Killing Grounds, →ISBN, page 222:
1 more example
  • Umlari, others called them. Or spacefolk. Or those planetless freaks. Living in their great stations, orbiting unwanted stars, the People cared nothing for names.2006, Marvin Kaye, Forbidden planets, →ISBN, page 269:

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