ˈsun-ˌstricken, ppl. a.
[f. sun n.1 + stricken, after next.]
Affected injuriously by the rays or heat of the sun; spec. affected with sunstroke. (Often const. as pa. pple.)
| 1844 Sir W. Napier Conq. Scinde ii. vii. (1845) 436 The General..was suddenly sun-stricken, and..thirty-three European soldiers fell..beneath the same malignant ray. 1864 Tennyson En. Ard. 566 Enoch's comrade..fell Sun-stricken. 1888 Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta II. 180 The heart slenderly nourished, under that sun-stricken climate. 1907 J. H. Patterson Man-Eaters of Tsavo i. 16 This..wilderness of whitish and leafless dwarf trees, presented a ghastly and sun-stricken appearance. |