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interstellar planet

noun

Etymology

Constructed from Latin: inter- + stellar + planet. The latter derives from Middle English planete, from Old English planēta (“planet, chasuble”), from Latin planeta, planetes, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs) variant of πλάνης (plánēs, “wanderer, planet”), from πλανάω (planáō, “wander about, stray”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to wander, roam”), cognate with Latin pālor (“wander about, stray”), Old Norse flana (“to rush about”), Norwegian flanta (“to wander about”). More at flaunt.

  1. derived from *pel-✻
  2. derived from πλανήτης
  3. derived from planeta
  4. derived from planēta
  5. derived from planete

Definitions

  1. a planetary-mass object which has either been ejected from its system or was never…

    a planetary-mass object which has either been ejected from its system or was never gravitationally bound to any star or other such object, and that therefore orbits the galaxy directly.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for interstellar planet. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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