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empusa|ɛmˈpjuːzə|
Also 7–9 empuse.
[a. Gr. ἔµπουσα.]
1. In classical sense: A hobgoblin or spectre supposed to be sent by Hecate.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 598 Little children, whom they use to scarre with the fantastical illusion Empusa. 1647Jer. Taylor Dissuas. Popery i. i. §10 This was well tried of old against an Empuse that met Apollonius Tyaneus. 1855Smedley Occult Sc. 72 A near kinsman of the classical Empusa.
†2. A hobgoblin, spectre, phantom. Obs.
1621Molle Camerar. Liv. Libr. iv. 264 This faire bride is an Empuse or Hag. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. ii. 62 An Empusa, Phantom, or Spectre. 1708in Kersey. 1755in Ash. 1847in Craig; and in mod. Dicts.
†3. Comb., as in empusa-land. Obs. (nonce-wd.)
1799W. Taylor in Robberds Mem. I. 305 When I return from empusaland to reality.
4. A genus of the family Entomophthoreæ. |