Designating a person thought to be inhabited and controlled by a demon; possessed; (also) mentally ill; mad. Cf. demoniacal, adj. 1b.

= demoniacal, adj. (in various senses). rare after 16th cent.

Possessed or tormented by a devil or evil spirit. Obsolete.

Possessed with, or as with, a devil.

Inhabited and controlled by a demon or spirit; lunatic, mad. Frequently predicative.

Like a devil; diabolical, wicked; = devilish, adj. 1. Also: possessed by a devil; maniacal, mad.

Penetrated by the or a devil.

Designating a person thought to be inhabited and controlled by a demon; possessed; = demoniac, adj. 1a.

Possessed with a spirit.

(Supposedly) possessed by a demon; = demoniac, adj. 1a. Obsolete.

Occupied or possessed by a (good or evil) spirit. Obsolete. rare.

that is or resembles an energumen; possessed by a devil or demon; (also) characteristic of an energumen.

(Supposedly) possessed by a demon; demoniacal.

Tormented or beset by an evil spirit; = possessed, adj. 2a. Now rare.