单词 | double-ganger |
释义 | double-gangern. 1. The apparition of a living person; a double, a wraith. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun] > wraith or doppelgänger wraith1513 wraith1513 swarth1674 double-man1691 taisch1773 fetch1787 double1798 double-goer1824 double-ganger1830 fetch-like1841 doppelganger1851 1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft 178 (note) He..may probably find it to be his own fetch or wraith or double-ganger. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xix. 358 Either you are Hereward, or you are his double-ganger. 2. A rendering of amphisbæna, the double-headed snake.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > mythical types of serpent (miscellaneous) > amphisbaena amphisbaenaa1398 double-head1608 double-ganger1831 1831 J. G. Whittier Double-headed Snake 60 Urchins..searching..for sheep or kine The terrible double-ganger heard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1830 |
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