单词 | demonical |
释义 | demonicaladj. Now somewhat rare. 1. Of or relating to a demon or demons; of the nature of or characteristic of a demon; demonic. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [adjective] foulOE demoniatc1440 demonicalc1475 demoniaclec1500 demoniacal1565 demoniac1603 demonic1642 demonial1658 demonian1671 pishachi1837 demoniatic1855 demonish1863 c1475 Mankind (1969) l. 153 Gode brynge yow, master, and blyssyde Mary To þe number of þe demonycall frayry! ?1567 Def. Priestes Mariages (new ed.) 278 His doctrine demonycall, forbyddyng maryage, and dissoluing matrimonies that were perfected. 1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 79 Without any..mixture of demonicall, or supernaturall Magique. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1299 That Typhon was some fiend or dæmonicall power. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 160 Falsely imputing this dæmonicall illusion to diuine reuelation. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 334 Examples of demonicall familiars. 1705 J. Beaumont Hist. Treat. Spirits ii. 44 Dreams are Dæmonical, because Nature is Dæmonical, not Divine. 1800 G. Walker Three Spaniards II. v. 143 A voice almost choaking with the exultation of demonical triumph. 1820 Examiner No. 621. 148/1 To attribute demonical properties to God. 1836 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (ed. 2) II. iii. 38 This divine inspiration was so far parallel to demonical possession. 1922 G. Marsh Whelps of Wolf iii. 36 With a demonical yell, Marcel sprang from his ambush. 2010 Asian Ethnology 69 119 A vivid sense of demonical presence provided the missionaries and the Korean people with a point of contact. 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 1629 L. Owen Speculum Iesuiticum (new ed.) 43 The people..made no more account of her words than of a Demonical creature. 1698 J. Turner Physico-theol. Disc. upon Divine Being ii. 56 A young Woman, the Report of whose Circumstances had brought a Multitude of Spectators.., who..gave out that she was Dæmonical, or possest with an evil Spirit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1475 |
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