planethood

English

Etymology

From planet +‎ -hood. First attested in 1674 in A Treatise of the Bulk and Selvedge of the World by the English divine and physician Nathaniel Fairfax (1637–1690).[1]

Noun

planethood (uncountable)

  1. (astronomy) The state or condition of being a planet.

References

  1. ^ “planethood, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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