单词 | demonological |
释义 | demonologicaladj. Of or relating to demonology or demons. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [adjective] > relating to demonology diabological1593 demonological1644 demonologic1785 1644 N. Bernard Εσοπτρον 9 I will not reade..a dæmonologicall-Lecture, concerning witchcraft. 1788 R. Cumberland Observer IV. cix. 146 A commentary by the author full of dæmonological learning. 1801 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 11 44 A metrical romance, of which his dæmonological studies were to supply the machinery. 1886 C. Rogers Social Life Scotl. III. xx. 269 Engaged in demonological inquiries. 1926 Man 26 195 A brief account of demonological ideas is often given in the Muhammadan encyclopædias. 2006 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 67 593 Armchair antiquarians increasingly abandoned a purely demonological approach to the question of idolatry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1644 |
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