单词 | ectoplastic |
释义 | > as lemmasectoˈplastic ectoˈplastic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [adjective] > of or relating to ectoplasm ectoplasmic1882 ectoplastic1885 teleplasmic1908 1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 834/1 Ectoplastic products in which the material produced by the protoplasm is separated from it. 1900 G. C. Bourne Introd. Compar. Anat. Anim. 109 The cell-protoplasm..has given rise to substances which..are formed on the outside of the cell as a sort of envelope..in which case they are called ectoplastic products. a1901 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality (1903) II. 549 Utterance may be referable to an ectoplastic throat as distinctly as grip to ectoplastic fingers. 1926 C. E. M. Joad Babbitt Warren 116 Ectoplastic mediums, quack doctors and inspired clairvoyants. 1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing iv. xxxvii. 400 As I read on, I had the impression of meeting the Doppelgaenger, the spectral doubles of Rubashov and Ivanov—a ghostly, ectoplastic regurgitation by reality of the characters and events of my imagination. < as lemmas |
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