planetful en · NOUN
Etymology
From planet + -ful.
Meanings
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As many as a planet can or does hold.
Such people were never completely untraceable in two hundred planetfuls of nonentities.
1954, Edna Mayne Hull, Planets for Sale, page 119:You know that Twilight Zone episode, the one where the string-mop-head teenager lives as an outcast on a planetful of regular humans, and the regular human kid lives as an outcast on a planetful of string-mops?
1989, ACM - Issues 19-20, page 145:A whole planetful of men kid themselves they're not just wasting time until they die with one football code or another.
2008, Sam de Brito, The Lost Boys, page 191:One big difference between me and my literary original; I haven't the faintest desire to boss around planetsful of people.
2013, Ryk E. Spoor, Spheres of Influence:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| planetsful | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| planetfuls | Number=Plur | lexicographic |