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单词 mesmerical
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mesmericaladj.

Brit. /mɛzˈmɛrɪkl/, U.S. /mɛzˈmɛrək(ə)l/, /mɛsˈmɛrək(ə)l/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Mesmer , -ical suffix.
Etymology: < the name of Mesmer (see mesmerism n.) + -ical suffix, after mesmerism n. Compare earlier mesmeric adj.
Now rare.
= mesmeric adj.
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the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [adjective] > relating to mesmerism
magnetical1794
magnetic1800
mesmerian1820
mesmeric1829
mesmerical1852
statuvolic1871
biological1874
post-hypnotic1887
1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance vi. 57 Zenobia's sphere..transformed me, during this period of my weakness, into something like a mesmerical clairvoyant.
1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story I. xiii. 90 Armed with a lock of Lilian's hair and a glove she had worn, as the media of mesmerical rapport.
1986 19th-cent. Fiction 40 397 ‘I detested this kind of man,’ writes Coverdale of the mesmerical Dr. Westervelt [in Hawthorne's Blithedale Romance].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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