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单词 demoniality
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demonialityn.

Brit. /dᵻˌməʊnɪˈalᵻti/, U.S. /dəˌmoʊniˈælədi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: demonial adj., -ity suffix.
Etymology: < demonial adj. + -ity suffix, after French démonialité ( L. M. Sinistrari De la démonialité et des animaux incubes et succubes (1875), the work reviewed in quot. 1875), itself probably after bestialité bestiality n.
Sexual intercourse between a person and a demon.
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1875 Examiner 30 Oct. 13/2 It seems needful..to enlighten the reader respecting the precise nature of ‘demoniality’ [in Sinistrari's Démonialité (1875)]. It denotes neither more nor less than illicit intercourse with an incubus or succubus.
1879 tr. L. M. Sinistrari Demoniality 7 Intercourse with the Demon, whether Incubus or Succubus (which is, properly speaking, Demoniality), differs in kind from Bestiality.
1891 Sat. Rev. 2 May 543/2 The old wives' fables..are those of demoniality, black masses, etc.
1946 Mod. Lang. Rev. 41 106 In making her his paramour, Faustus commits the sin of demoniality, that is, bodily intercourse with demons.
1963 Stud. Eng. Lit. 1500–1900 3 271 Demoniality necessarily involves damnation.
1992 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 107 561/2 Syphax enacts a scene of demoniality with the boy who plays the Lucanic witch Erichtho.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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