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单词 entheastic
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entheasticn.adj.

Brit. /ˌɛnθɪˈastɪk/, U.S. /ˌɛnθiˈæstɪk/
Forms: 1600s entheastick, 1700s– entheastic.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ἐνθεαστικός.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ἐνθεαστικός inspired < ἐνθεάζειν to be the subject of ‘possession’ by a god ( < ἔνθεος : see entheos n.) + -τικός , extended form of -ικός -ic suffix. With use as adjective compare earlier enthean adj., entheate adj.Compare post-classical Latin entheasticus (a1540).
rare.
A. n.
A person who claims to be possessed or inspired by a divine power; a person in a state of frenzy attributed to divine inspiration. With the and plural agreement: such people collectively. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [noun] > person having
seera1382
Alumbrado1600
illuminate1602
enthusiastic1605
enthusian1611
enthusiast1612
inspirado1664
entheastic1678
inspired1749
Maharishi1785
muni1785
rishi1794
Mahatma1882
1678 J. Brown Quakerisme Path-way to Paganisme 34 Nor will the many Enthusiasts, or Entheasticks, or Ecstaticks and the like, who have been..deceived and deluded, suffer us to asserte the Other.
1794 T. Taylor in tr. Plotinus Five Bks. Introd. p. xxiii The entheastic (or such as are agitated by a divine fury).
B. adj.
Characteristic of or relating to divine inspiration; divinely inspired.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [adjective]
inspiredc1450
illumined1526
godly-wise1532
revealed1533
illuminate1563
enthusiast1578
lightsome1587
enthusiastical1588
entheate1603
enthusiac1603
enthusiastic1603
illuminated1606
illightened1609
enthean1612
theopneust1647
illuminative1649
entheous1682
revelational1693
entheal1736
entheastic1804
theopneustic1838
theophanic1884
inspirational1888
theophanous1909
Beatrician1943
1804 T. Taylor tr. Proclus in F. Sydenham & T. Taylor tr. Plato Wks. I. 139 The recondite and occult good of fables requires a certain mystic and entheastic (i. e. divinely inspired) intelligence.
1843 Churchman July 475 Like Alcuin and most of the initiated who blended the high magical philosophy with religion, he had an entheastic belief in the harmony of numbers.
1911 The Word Dec. 150 While in the entheastic state, they divine the secrets of existence.
2013 I. Tanaseanu-Döbler Theurgy in Late Antiq. I. v. 236 Entheastic theology is theurgic.

Derivatives

entheˈastical adj. Obsolete (divinely) inspired.
ΚΠ
1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Entheastical, inspired.
entheˈastically adv. Obsolete by means of divine inspiration or power; in the manner of someone possessed or inspired by a divine power.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [adverb]
inspiredly1591
entheastically1794
1794 T. Taylor in tr. Pausanias Descr. Greece III. Notes 266 Wisdom..delivered..entheastically, or according to a deific energy.
1816 T. Taylor in tr. Proclus Six Bks. II. Notes p. xxxv/2 It is possible for those to energize entheastically, or according to a divinely inspired energy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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