demoniacn.adj.

Brit.

/dᵻˈməʊnɪak/, U.S.

/dəˈmoʊniˌæk/,

/ˌdiməˈnaɪək/

Forms: late Middle English demonyack, late Middle English demonyak, late Middle English demonyake, late Middle English domyak (transmission error), late Middle English domynyak (perhaps transmission error), late Middle English–1600s demoniak, 1500s daemoniacque, 1500s demonyacke, 1500s–1600s daemoniake, 1500s–1600s demoniacke, 1500s–1600s demoniacque, 1500s–1600s demoniake, 1500s–1700s daemoniack, 1500s–1700s demoniack, 1500s– daemoniac, 1600s daemoniacke, 1600s daemoniak, 1600s daemoniaque, 1600s daimoniack, 1600s demoniaque, 1600s doemeniack, 1600s– demoniac. N.E.D. (1895) also records forms with the ending late Middle English -acke.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French demoniac; Latin daemoniacus.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman demoniac, Middle French demoniaque (French démoniaque ) (noun) person possessed by a demon or evil spirit (c1230 in Old French), (adjective) of or relating to a demon or demons, of the nature of a demon (c1275 in Old French), (of a person) possessed by a demon or evil spirit (c1366), (of a thing) caused by demonic possession (1393), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin daemoniacus possessed by a demon or evil spirit, person possessed by a demon or evil spirit (Vetus Latina), of a demon, devilish (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian), like a demon (perhaps 7th cent.) < Hellenistic Greek δαιμωνιακός possessed by a demon (attested in a papyrus) < ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (see demon n.) + -ακός -ac suffix. Compare Spanish demoniaco (1494 as adjective; also as noun), Italian demoniaco (14th cent. as adjective; also as noun). Compare later demoniacal adj., demonic adj.In sense B. 4 after German dämonisch demonish adj. (late 18th cent. in this sense); compare earlier demonic adj. 3.

A. n.

1. A person thought to be inhabited and controlled by a demon; a possessed person; (also) a person suffering from mental illness or madness (said to be caused by demonic possession; see note at sense B. 1a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit > one possessed by or speaking for

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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > possession > person

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c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 584 He nys no fool, ne no demonyak [c1415 Lansd. demoniak, c1415 Corpus Oxf. demonyake, ?a1440 Paris angl. 39 domyak, c1470 Egerton 2864 domynyak].

?1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton ii. sig. eviii^v Hit maketh the serpentes to flee, & helyth the demonyackes or madde folk.

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. xviii. 33 a To banish the Spirit out of y^e Demoniake.

1596 T. Lodge Diuel Coniured sig. Div^v That Demoniack, who when he would, could counterfeit to bee dead, faine blindnesse, seeme lame, or resemble a man troubled with the dropsie.

1614 W. Cowper Mirrour of Mercie 207 The Demoniacks, the Paraliticks, the Publicans..stand vp as a clowde of witnesses to confirme thee, that if thou wilt also returne to the Lord and seeke mercy, thou shalt finde it.

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. x. sig. Ee1 Possessed by it, as Dœmeniacks are possessed by the Divel.

1717 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 7 Sept. in Wks. (1955) VII. 318 The Demoniacks of S^t Andrea della valle something like the foaming Priestesses..among the ancients.

1787 C. Smith Romance Real Life I. 57 He rushed like a demoniac into the room.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xi. 240 They looked like so many demoniacs who had been fighting.

1853 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Aug. 379 The inquiry of the devils who had possession of the Gadarene demoniacs, implies their pre-acquaintance with the Son of God.

1910 J. C. Lawson Mod. Greek Folklore & Anc. Greek Relig. 407 If the devil in possession of the corpse chose to agitate it and drive it out of the grave, the dead demoniac was at once a revenant.

1997 Skeptical Inquirer Jan. 13/2 The virus..causes people to act like possessed demoniacs with the strength of four men.

†2. Church History (depreciative). In plural. With the. An Anabaptist sect which believed in the ultimate salvation of Satan and his followers. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Demoniacs, are also a Party, or Branch of the Anabaptists, whose distinguishing Tenet it is, that the Devils shall be saved at the End of the World.

1813 T. Dromgoole Speech in C. M. O'Keeffe Life & Times Daniel O'Connell (1864) I. 399 The Demoniacs, or Diabolics, a branch of the Evangelicals, who issued from Luther's school; they believed..that the devils would be saved at the end of the world.

B. adj.

a. Designating a person thought to be inhabited and controlled by a demon; possessed; (also) mentally ill; mad. Cf. demoniacal adj. 1b.Demonic possession was formerly thought to be the cause of mental illness and of certain physical illnesses, esp. epilepsy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > possessed

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c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 532 I holde hym certeynly demonyak [c1415 Lansd. a demonyak, c1415 Corpus Oxf. a demoniak, ?a1440 Paris domyak, c1440 Cambr Ii.3.26 demoniate].

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xxx. 53 The lady wente oute of her wytte, and was al demonyak a long tyme.

1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xxxvii. sig. N.i Euery man the whiche is madde, or lunatycke or frantycke, or demonyacke.

a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) Concl. That the Kings of Spaine, should dispossess Dæmoniaque persons.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. ii. xxix Magick can onely quell natures Dæmoniake.

1750 W. Stukeley Healing of Dis., Char. of Messiah 10 The man was demoniac, with symptoms of lunacy rais'd by the devil.

1769 tr. J. Bontius Acct. Dis. E. Indies 8 To those unacquainted with the disorder, the person appears to be demoniac.

1813 Examiner 15 Mar. 165/1 This..idea..operated upon the demoniac spirit of the wretch.

1820 H. Fuseli Lect. Painting II. v. 67 The demoniac boy among the series of frescoes at Grotta Ferrata.

1913 Friend 9 Jan. 223/2 Jesus rebuked the demon in the demoniac man, and he sat down at the feet of the Saviour.

2003 H. Kallendorf Exorcism & its Texts iii. 122 He then steers the conversation back to the demoniac woman and asks the demon again how he can possess a baptized person.

b. Of or relating to a demoniac; (esp. of a mental or physical illness) caused by demonic possession. Cf. demoniacal adj. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [adjective] > possessing > relating to possession by

demoniacal?1537

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1638 tr. F. Bracciolini Trag. Alceste & Eliza sig. D7^v At an instant with her tender hands (O wondrous force of power demoniack!) She pluckt up ancient trees, like little wands.

1674 J. Milton Paradise Lost (ed. 2) xi. 485 Dæmoniac Phrenzie, moaping Melancholie And Moon-struck madness.

1784 J. White Serm. v. 215 The agonizing distractions of demoniac phrenzy.

1814 J. Galt Prophetess ii. vii As with demoniac energy possess'd!

1850 Dublin Univ. Mag. Jan. 32/2 Is it for demoniac diseases only that you send this [medicine]?

1918 Musical Q. 4 369 The malady was no longer considered a demoniac one.

2006 S. A. Ivanov Holy Fools in Byzantium & Beyond iv. 133 The saint exposed his wilful pretence and his deliberate demoniac behaviour.

2. Of or relating to a demon or demons; of the nature of a demon; = demoniacal adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [adjective]

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1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 575 That brutish and reasonlesse part of our soule which is violent, disordered, and not divine, but divelish and dæmoniack, the auncient philosophers called Titans.

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 20 This is the Demoniack legion indeed.

1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I ii. vi. 71 The mourning of the Demoniac Spirits, for the death of their great God Pan.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 624 He..Shall chase thee..From thy Demoniac holds, possession foul.

1738 H. Brooke tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem ii. 8 Nor Art, nor yet demoniac Aid avails, Nor deepest Hell imparts what Heav'n conceals.

1783 Weekly Entertainer 7 July 22 Lull'd by sweet sleep in fancy's arms To taste the ecstatic joys of heaven; To fear no more demoniac charms, Nor the dire spell by witchcraft given.

1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 266 I agree with those who see in this vision a purely demoniac host.

1917 Biblical World May 270 This demoniac kingdom had its region in the form of the anti-Christ.

1997 A. de Jong Trad. of Magi ii. iv. 61 The magical bowls..have revealed several divine and demoniac beings.

3. Characteristic of or befitting a demon; devilish, fiendish; malevolent, evil; = demonic adj. 2. Cf. demoniacal adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > devilishly wicked

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1784 A. Seward Louisa ii. 32 With one demoniac glance, as down he fell, The Soul starts furious from its vital cell.

1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. 179 Wrought up to a pitch of demoniac scorn and phrensy.

1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. xxii. 273 It was as the demoniac desire of some terrible wild beast for the food that is withheld from his ravening.

1862 J. Tyndall Mountaineering in 1861 i. 3 The spirit of life..is rendered demoniac or angelic.

1943 P. Larkin Let. 25 Aug. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 65 These murderous and demoniac raids on enemy towns fill me with dread and horror.

2008 R. Holmes Age of Wonder vii. 335 His demoniac laboratory becomes the centre of dramatic interest, with fizzing electrical generators, sinister bubbling vats and violent explosions.

4. Usually in form daemoniac. Of or relating to an inner or attendant spirit, esp. as a source of creative inspiration or genius. Cf. demon n. 7, demonic adj. 3. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > of the nature of a genius

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1856 D. Masson Ess. Biogr. & Crit. 171 Goethe and Niebuhr generalised in the phrase ‘the demoniac element’ that mystic something which they seemed to detect in all men of unusual potency among their fellows.

1856 W. E. Forster Let. 2 Oct. in T. W. Reid Life W. E. Forster (1888) I. viii. 306 Denying..that demoniac element in man which is the very fire of God.

1877 Littell's Living Age 24 Feb. 493/2 Homer, Raphael, Shakespeare, Mozart, and Byron, are among those quoted as excelling under demoniac inspiration.

1908 F. Simmonds & G. W. Chrystal tr. J. Meier-Graefe Mod. Art I. i. 119 The relation of this emotion to the calm of the object gives the dæmoniac element which verges on tragedy, even when genius emerges victor from the terrible conflict.

1979 R. Gibbons tr. L. Cernuda in Poet's Work 45 The poet..must depend in life on that zone..[that] is the refuge of an undefined vast power that manipulates our destinies. At times I have perceived the influence of a demoniac power in life, or rather, a daimonic power, that acts on men.

Compounds

demoniac possession n. = demonic possession n. at demonic adj. and n. Compounds.See note at sense B. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit > possession by

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1698 E. Settle Def. Dramatick Poetry 36 He..tells us one sad Example of a Demoniack Possession.

1854 Church of Eng. Q. Rev. July 66 In the Scriptures..we have emphatic authority for belief in instances of demoniac possession.

1997 T. A. Green Folklore I. 264 Persians ascribed yawning to demoniac possession.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	demoniac
释义	demoniacn.adj. Brit. /dᵻˈməʊnɪak/, U.S. /dəˈmoʊniˌæk/, /ˌdiməˈnaɪək/ Forms: late Middle English demonyack, late Middle English demonyak, late Middle English demonyake, late Middle English domyak (transmission error), late Middle English domynyak (perhaps transmission error), late Middle English–1600s demoniak, 1500s daemoniacque, 1500s demonyacke, 1500s–1600s daemoniake, 1500s–1600s demoniacke, 1500s–1600s demoniacque, 1500s–1600s demoniake, 1500s–1700s daemoniack, 1500s–1700s demoniack, 1500s– daemoniac, 1600s daemoniacke, 1600s daemoniak, 1600s daemoniaque, 1600s daimoniack, 1600s demoniaque, 1600s doemeniack, 1600s– demoniac. N.E.D. (1895) also records forms with the ending late Middle English -acke. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French demoniac; Latin daemoniacus. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman demoniac, Middle French demoniaque (French démoniaque ) (noun) person possessed by a demon or evil spirit (c1230 in Old French), (adjective) of or relating to a demon or demons, of the nature of a demon (c1275 in Old French), (of a person) possessed by a demon or evil spirit (c1366), (of a thing) caused by demonic possession (1393), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin daemoniacus possessed by a demon or evil spirit, person possessed by a demon or evil spirit (Vetus Latina), of a demon, devilish (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian), like a demon (perhaps 7th cent.) < Hellenistic Greek δαιμωνιακός possessed by a demon (attested in a papyrus) < ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (see demon n.) + -ακός -ac suffix. Compare Spanish demoniaco (1494 as adjective; also as noun), Italian demoniaco (14th cent. as adjective; also as noun). Compare later demoniacal adj., demonic adj.In sense B. 4 after German dämonisch demonish adj. (late 18th cent. in this sense); compare earlier demonic adj. 3. A. n. 1. A person thought to be inhabited and controlled by a demon; a possessed person; (also) a person suffering from mental illness or madness (said to be caused by demonic possession; see note at sense B. 1a). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit > one possessed by or speaking for pythonessa1393 Pythonissac1395 demoniacc1405 demoniaclea1500 Python1548 energumen1564 engastrimyth1605 energumenist1646 engastriloque1718 possessionist1726 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > possession > person demoniacc1405 diabolicalc1547 phantic1605 possessed1657 demonomaniac1831 diaboleptic1879 theoleptic1881 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 584 He nys no fool, ne no demonyak [c1415 Lansd. demoniak, c1415 Corpus Oxf. demonyake, ?a1440 Paris angl. 39 domyak, c1470 Egerton 2864 domynyak]. ?1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton ii. sig. eviii^v Hit maketh the serpentes to flee, & helyth the demonyackes or madde folk. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. xviii. 33 a To banish the Spirit out of y^e Demoniake. 1596 T. Lodge Diuel Coniured sig. Div^v That Demoniack, who when he would, could counterfeit to bee dead, faine blindnesse, seeme lame, or resemble a man troubled with the dropsie. 1614 W. Cowper Mirrour of Mercie 207 The Demoniacks, the Paraliticks, the Publicans..stand vp as a clowde of witnesses to confirme thee, that if thou wilt also returne to the Lord and seeke mercy, thou shalt finde it. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. x. sig. Ee1 Possessed by it, as Dœmeniacks are possessed by the Divel. 1717 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 7 Sept. in Wks. (1955) VII. 318 The Demoniacks of S^t Andrea della valle something like the foaming Priestesses..among the ancients. 1787 C. Smith Romance Real Life I. 57 He rushed like a demoniac into the room. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xi. 240 They looked like so many demoniacs who had been fighting. 1853 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Aug. 379 The inquiry of the devils who had possession of the Gadarene demoniacs, implies their pre-acquaintance with the Son of God. 1910 J. C. Lawson Mod. Greek Folklore & Anc. Greek Relig. 407 If the devil in possession of the corpse chose to agitate it and drive it out of the grave, the dead demoniac was at once a revenant. 1997 Skeptical Inquirer Jan. 13/2 The virus..causes people to act like possessed demoniacs with the strength of four men. †2. Church History (depreciative). In plural. With the. An Anabaptist sect which believed in the ultimate salvation of Satan and his followers. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Demoniacs, are also a Party, or Branch of the Anabaptists, whose distinguishing Tenet it is, that the Devils shall be saved at the End of the World. 1813 T. Dromgoole Speech in C. M. O'Keeffe Life & Times Daniel O'Connell (1864) I. 399 The Demoniacs, or Diabolics, a branch of the Evangelicals, who issued from Luther's school; they believed..that the devils would be saved at the end of the world. B. adj. 1. a. Designating a person thought to be inhabited and controlled by a demon; possessed; (also) mentally ill; mad. Cf. demoniacal adj. 1b.Demonic possession was formerly thought to be the cause of mental illness and of certain physical illnesses, esp. epilepsy. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > possessed demoniacc1405 demoniaclec1500 obsessed1531 fanatical1569 possessed1577 demoniacal1588 demonical1629 demonized1778 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [adjective] > possessing > possessed by demoniacc1405 demoniaclec1500 devilleda1557 bedevilled1574 possessed1577 devilished1583 through-devilled1586 demoniacal1588 inspiritate1600 demonical1629 spirited1667 energumenical1684 demonized1778 obsessed1845 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 532 I holde hym certeynly demonyak [c1415 Lansd. a demonyak, c1415 Corpus Oxf. a demoniak, ?a1440 Paris domyak, c1440 Cambr Ii.3.26 demoniate]. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xxx. 53 The lady wente oute of her wytte, and was al demonyak a long tyme. 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xxxvii. sig. N.i Euery man the whiche is madde, or lunatycke or frantycke, or demonyacke. a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) Concl. That the Kings of Spaine, should dispossess Dæmoniaque persons. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. ii. xxix Magick can onely quell natures Dæmoniake. 1750 W. Stukeley Healing of Dis., Char. of Messiah 10 The man was demoniac, with symptoms of lunacy rais'd by the devil. 1769 tr. J. Bontius Acct. Dis. E. Indies 8 To those unacquainted with the disorder, the person appears to be demoniac. 1813 Examiner 15 Mar. 165/1 This..idea..operated upon the demoniac spirit of the wretch. 1820 H. Fuseli Lect. Painting II. v. 67 The demoniac boy among the series of frescoes at Grotta Ferrata. 1913 Friend 9 Jan. 223/2 Jesus rebuked the demon in the demoniac man, and he sat down at the feet of the Saviour. 2003 H. Kallendorf Exorcism & its Texts iii. 122 He then steers the conversation back to the demoniac woman and asks the demon again how he can possess a baptized person. b. Of or relating to a demoniac; (esp. of a mental or physical illness) caused by demonic possession. Cf. demoniacal adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [adjective] > possessing > relating to possession by demoniacal?1537 demoniac1638 1638 tr. F. Bracciolini Trag. Alceste & Eliza sig. D7^v At an instant with her tender hands (O wondrous force of power demoniack!) She pluckt up ancient trees, like little wands. 1674 J. Milton Paradise Lost (ed. 2) xi. 485 Dæmoniac Phrenzie, moaping Melancholie And Moon-struck madness. 1784 J. White Serm. v. 215 The agonizing distractions of demoniac phrenzy. 1814 J. Galt Prophetess ii. vii As with demoniac energy possess'd! 1850 Dublin Univ. Mag. Jan. 32/2 Is it for demoniac diseases only that you send this [medicine]? 1918 Musical Q. 4 369 The malady was no longer considered a demoniac one. 2006 S. A. Ivanov Holy Fools in Byzantium & Beyond iv. 133 The saint exposed his wilful pretence and his deliberate demoniac behaviour. 2. Of or relating to a demon or demons; of the nature of a demon; = demoniacal adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [adjective] foulOE demoniatc1440 demonicalc1475 demoniaclec1500 demoniacal1565 demoniac1603 demonic1642 demonial1658 demonian1671 pishachi1837 demoniatic1855 demonish1863 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 575 That brutish and reasonlesse part of our soule which is violent, disordered, and not divine, but divelish and dæmoniack, the auncient philosophers called Titans. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 20 This is the Demoniack legion indeed. 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I ii. vi. 71 The mourning of the Demoniac Spirits, for the death of their great God Pan. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 624 He..Shall chase thee..From thy Demoniac holds, possession foul. View more context for this quotation 1738 H. Brooke tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem ii. 8 Nor Art, nor yet demoniac Aid avails, Nor deepest Hell imparts what Heav'n conceals. 1783 Weekly Entertainer 7 July 22 Lull'd by sweet sleep in fancy's arms To taste the ecstatic joys of heaven; To fear no more demoniac charms, Nor the dire spell by witchcraft given. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 266 I agree with those who see in this vision a purely demoniac host. 1917 Biblical World May 270 This demoniac kingdom had its region in the form of the anti-Christ. 1997 A. de Jong Trad. of Magi ii. iv. 61 The magical bowls..have revealed several divine and demoniac beings. 3. Characteristic of or befitting a demon; devilish, fiendish; malevolent, evil; = demonic adj. 2. Cf. demoniacal adj. 3. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > devilishly wicked devillyOE fiendenc1315 serpentinec1422 devilish?a1439 diabolic?1483 diabolical1546 satanical1548 satanic1556 serpent-likea1586 fiendlikea1616 serpentive1635 devilized1641 demoniacal1714 demoniac1784 diabolish1865 1784 A. Seward Louisa ii. 32 With one demoniac glance, as down he fell, The Soul starts furious from its vital cell. 1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. 179 Wrought up to a pitch of demoniac scorn and phrensy. 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. xxii. 273 It was as the demoniac desire of some terrible wild beast for the food that is withheld from his ravening. 1862 J. Tyndall Mountaineering in 1861 i. 3 The spirit of life..is rendered demoniac or angelic. 1943 P. Larkin Let. 25 Aug. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 65 These murderous and demoniac raids on enemy towns fill me with dread and horror. 2008 R. Holmes Age of Wonder vii. 335 His demoniac laboratory becomes the centre of dramatic interest, with fizzing electrical generators, sinister bubbling vats and violent explosions. 4. Usually in form daemoniac. Of or relating to an inner or attendant spirit, esp. as a source of creative inspiration or genius. Cf. demon n. 7, demonic adj. 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > of the nature of a genius demonic1796 demoniac1856 1856 D. Masson Ess. Biogr. & Crit. 171 Goethe and Niebuhr generalised in the phrase ‘the demoniac element’ that mystic something which they seemed to detect in all men of unusual potency among their fellows. 1856 W. E. Forster Let. 2 Oct. in T. W. Reid Life W. E. Forster (1888) I. viii. 306 Denying..that demoniac element in man which is the very fire of God. 1877 Littell's Living Age 24 Feb. 493/2 Homer, Raphael, Shakespeare, Mozart, and Byron, are among those quoted as excelling under demoniac inspiration. 1908 F. Simmonds & G. W. Chrystal tr. J. Meier-Graefe Mod. Art I. i. 119 The relation of this emotion to the calm of the object gives the dæmoniac element which verges on tragedy, even when genius emerges victor from the terrible conflict. 1979 R. Gibbons tr. L. Cernuda in Poet's Work 45 The poet..must depend in life on that zone..[that] is the refuge of an undefined vast power that manipulates our destinies. At times I have perceived the influence of a demoniac power in life, or rather, a daimonic power, that acts on men. Compounds demoniac possession n. = demonic possession n. at demonic adj. and n. Compounds.See note at sense B. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit > possession by wood dreameOE demoniacal possession1601 possession1601 obsession1607 pythonism1654 demoniac possession1698 endiablementa1734 endemoniasm1751 demon possession1838 demonic possession1853 spirit possession1854 bedevilment1861 diabolepsy1886 1698 E. Settle Def. Dramatick Poetry 36 He..tells us one sad Example of a Demoniack Possession. 1854 Church of Eng. Q. Rev. July 66 In the Scriptures..we have emphatic authority for belief in instances of demoniac possession. 1997 T. A. Green Folklore I. 264 Persians ascribed yawning to demoniac possession. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.c1405
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