I. ˈplanə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun
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Etymology: Middle English planete, from Old French, from Late Latin planeta, modification (influenced by Greek planētēs wanderer) of Greek planēt-, planēs, literally, wanderer, from planasthai to wander; akin to Old Norse flana to rush around, and probably to Latin planus flat — more at floor
1.
a. : a heavenly body seeming to have a motion of its own among the fixed stars
therefore is the glorious planet Sol in noble eminence enthroned — Shakespeare
the moon, that planet of love and death — Gilbert Highet
b.
(1) : one of the bodies except a comet, meteor, or satellite that revolves around the sun in the solar system
(2) : a similar body that may possibly revolve around another star
c. : earth — usually used with the
one of these goals is a reasonable degree of communication spread out more evenly over the planet — I.A.Richards
2. : a heavenly body (as a star) held to influence the fate of human beings
3. : a person or thing of great magnitude or brilliance : luminary
a major planet who changed the whole direction of the scientific thought of his day
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II. noun
or pla·ne·ta pləˈnēd.ə
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Etymology: Medieval Latin planeta, perhaps from Greek planētēs wanderer
: chasuble