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enthusiˈastical, a.
[f. prec. + -al1.]
†1. Of the nature of possession by a deity; = enthusiastic 1. Obs. rare.
a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. vi. 183 This way of communicating truth to the souls of men is originally nothing else but prophetical or enthusiastical.
†2. = enthusiastic 2. Obs.
1656H. More Enthus. Tri. (1712) 25 We are speaking now of Enthusiastical Sanguine. 1677W. Hubbard Narrative ii. 61 Squando..that Enthusiastical, or rather Diabolical Miscreant. 1679T. Puller Moder. Ch. Eng. (1843) 299 This one enthusiastical conceit of the ‘Light within’. 1696C. Leslie Snake in Grass (1697) 92 The..Enthusiastical Murthers, Rapines, and Outrage of the Zealots. 1729Butler Serm. Wks. 1874 II. 174 The subject is a real one: there is nothing in it enthusiastical or unreasonable. 1752Carte Hist. Eng. III. 82 The enthusiastical and seditious opinions of Muncer and the Anabaptists. a1847Mrs. Sherwood Lady of Manor I. ix. 401 A set of enthusiastical Methodists.
†b. transf. Moved by irrational impulses; visionary; fanatically devoted to an idea or belief.
1614T. Adams Devil's Banquet 331 Some will minister nothing, but what comes next into their heads and hands: these are Enthusiasticall Phisitians. 1680Burnet Rochester 82 They are neither hot nor enthusiastical but under the power of calm and clear Principles. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) III. 64 There have been in reality Enthusiastical Atheists. 1750Johnson Rambler No. 63 ⁋4 That all are equally happy..none is sufficiently enthusiastical to maintain.
3. = enthusiastic 3. arch.
1782V. Knox Ess. (1819) III. cxviii. 1 The enthusiastical admirers of a favourite author. 1802M. Edgeworth Mor. T. (1816) I. x. 82 The old man, whose temper was not quite so enthusiastical. 1837W. Ware Zenobia (1844) I. 4 A birth transcending human expectation could not create a more enthusiastical sensation. |