| 单词 | familiar devil |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfamiliar devil familiar devil n. [compare Middle French, French diable familier (1553 or earlier)] a demon who associates with or is under the power of a person; cf. sense A. 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit spiritc1350 familiar devila1464 familiar spirita1545 Python1548 familiar1583 succubus1601 demon1613 paredrusa1641 maisterel1652 obsessor1652 paredrial1652 cad1657 kanaima1825 Zar1868 a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 23 Þat same familiar deuel. 1599 tr. Historia de Donne Famose sig. E4v Siluester the second..had a familiar Diuel in a Brasen mans head from whom hee had answeres. 1695 J. Stevens tr. M. de Faria e Sousa Portugues Asia II. iv. v. 398 Many have in their Houses familiar Devils, which they call Cutichates, every Day they offer something to them. 1759 tr. A. Calmet Diss. Apparitions 126 It is a frequent thing among these people, for a familiar devil to be left as an inheritance by a father to his children. c1857 O. S. Leland Caprice i. i. 16 But this man then has some familiar devil who tells him what is passing in the hearts of others. 1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim v. 29 I am willing to believe each of us has a guardian angel, if you fellows will concede to me that each of us has a familiar devil as well. 2012 J. P. Davidson Early Mod. Supernatural i. 52 English witches were extremely involved with familiar devils. German and French witches had familiars, but did not seem as dependent on them as the English were. < as lemmas |
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