| 释义 |
mediumistic, a.|ˌmiːdɪəˈmɪstɪk|
[f. medium + -istic.]
Relating to ‘mediumism’; having the characteristics of a ‘medium’.
1868Harper's Mag. July 193/2, I should think they were both highly mediumistic. 1869Gregory in Eng. Mech. 3 Dec. 281/1 Many persons do not possess the necessary mediumistic qualification. 1876Saintsbury in Academy 16 Dec. 582 Maud is a pretty girl, of supposed ‘mediumistic’ powers. 1896H. R. Haweis Dead Pulpit vi. 117 He is for the time, in fact, highly sensitized and mediumistic. 1920D. H. Lawrence Lost Girl xv. 344 The terror, the agony, the nostalgia of the heathen past was a constant torture to her mediumistic soul. 1941L. A. G. Strong John McCormack xiv. 217 That almost mediumistic quality which enabled the singer to surrender to the song and yet keep his own individuality. 1954A. Huxley Let. 5 Dec. (1969) 717 Huene's reactions were wholly aesthetic; Gerald's mainly verbal and mediumistic—with other personalities talking through him from a variety of mental levels. 1974Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Sept. 1046/3 What relation do they bear to mediumistic trances? |