单词 | engastrimyth |
释义 | † engastrimythn. Obsolete. One who appears to speak in the belly, a ventriloquist. 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 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. ii. 309 All incenst, the pale Engastromith..Speakes in his wombe. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Engastromich, one possessed, which seemes to speak in his belly. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Engastrimuches (engastrimuchi), were those, that being possessed, seemed to speak out of their belly. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. lviii. 238 The first, were call'd Engastrimythes. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [adjective] > possessing > possessed by > speaking with voice of engastrimythian1693 engastrimythic1849 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 208 The Engastrimythian [printed Eugastrimythian] Prophetess. engastriˈmythic adj. pertaining to, of the nature of ventriloquism. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [adjective] > possessing > possessed by > speaking with voice of engastrimythian1693 engastrimythic1849 1849 S. R. Maitland Illustr. Mesmerism I. 58 I cannot help saying that there seems to me to be something engastrimythic in this case. 1851 G. S. Faber Many Mansions (1862) 125 Upon this, she abandoned her engastrimythic whisperings, and uttered a loud cry of alarm and distress. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1605 |
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