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demonographer|diːməˈnɒgrəfə(r)|
[f. mod.L. dæmonograph-us, F. démonographe (17th c.), answering to a Gr. type *δαιµονογράϕος: see -graph.]
A writer on demons.
1736Bailey (folio) Appendix (9 N 2) Dæmonographer. 1877tr. Lacroix' Sc. & Lit. Mid. Ages (1878) 201 Plotinus..and his disciple Porphyrus..who may be looked upon as the first demonographers of the Middle Ages. 1883R. H. Busk in N. & Q. 24 Nov. 401/2 Italian demonographers do not make any distinction between..a fairy and a witch.
So deˈmonograph (= prec.), demoˈnography.
1865Cornh. Mag. XI. 485 Both these celebrated demonographs concurring in the opinion. 1889Cent. Dict., Demonography, the descriptive stage of demonology. O.T. Mason. |