单词 | diabolifuge |
释义 | † diabolifugen. Obsolete. rare. Something that drives away the Devil or devils. Cf. demonifuge n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > exorcism > [noun] > means of achieving demonifuge1754 demonagogue1790 diabolifuge1828 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit > exorcism of > means of achieving demonifuge1754 demonagogue1790 diabolifuge1828 1828 New Monthly Mag. 22 477 That other noisy diabolifuge, the Laureate's hexameters—‘The devils ran howling, deafened, down to hell.’ 1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table xi. 358 Odor as potent as that of the angel's diabolifuge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1828 |
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