单词 | demoniacle |
释义 | demoniaclen.adj. A person (supposedly) possessed by a demon; = demoniac n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit > one possessed by or speaking for pythonessa1393 Pythonissac1395 demoniacc1405 demoniaclea1500 Python1548 energumen1564 engastrimyth1605 energumenist1646 engastriloque1718 possessionist1726 a1500 in R. L. Greene Early Eng. Carols (1935) 59 (MED) The lame and blynd, Men owt of mynd, and the demonyacle..Wher hol by hys myracle. 1506 tr. Kalender of Shepherdes sig. Fvv Ye wrathful man is lyke to a demonyacle the which hath a deuyll wt in him. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed xxix. 130 They burn it in the room with the Demoniacle; and the Demon in the instant, leaves him, as not able to endure the sent of this hearb. B. adj. = demoniacal adj. (in various senses). rare after 16th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [adjective] foulOE demoniatc1440 demonicalc1475 demoniaclec1500 demoniacal1565 demoniac1603 demonic1642 demonial1658 demonian1671 pishachi1837 demoniatic1855 demonish1863 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > possessed demoniacc1405 demoniaclec1500 obsessed1531 fanatical1569 possessed1577 demoniacal1588 demonical1629 demonized1778 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [adjective] > possessing > possessed by demoniacc1405 demoniaclec1500 devilleda1557 bedevilled1574 possessed1577 devilished1583 through-devilled1586 demoniacal1588 inspiritate1600 demonical1629 spirited1667 energumenical1684 demonized1778 obsessed1845 c1500 Melusine (1895) 314 Whiche, thrugh arte demonyacle [Fr. par art demoniacle], hath myserably suffred deth. 1503 tr. Kalendayr Shyppars sig. eiii The man yrews ys lyk to oon demonyakyl. 1871 C. Bray Man. Anthropol. ii. 85 He dreads her more delicate nervous organisation, which often takes shapes to him demoniacle and miraculous. 1909 Leaves of Healing 23 Jan. 19/2 That is about what that accursed, demoniacle stuff leads to. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.a1500 |
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