meteoric

adjective

1. of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
2. resembling a meteor in transient brilliance, suddenness of appearance, swiftness, etc.: his meteoric rise in politics.
3. of or coming from the atmosphere; meteorological.

adjective

1. of, formed by, or relating to meteors
2. like a meteor in brilliance, speed, or transience
3. rare of or relating to the weather; meteorological

adj.1812, “pertaining to meteors;” earlier “dependent on atmospheric conditions” (1789), from meteor + -ic. Figurative sense of “transiently brilliant” is from 1836.