planetkin

English

Etymology

From planet +‎ -kin.

Noun

planetkin (plural planetkins)

  1. (archaic) A small planet.
    • 1881, Thomas Carlyle, ‎James Anthony Froude, Reminiscences (page 23)
      A temporary fraction of this planetkin, the whole round of which is but a sand-grain in the all, its whole duration but a moment in eternity.
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