† enthusianadj.n.

Forms: 1500s–1700s enthusian, 1600s enthysian, 1700s enthusion.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἐνθουσία , -an suffix.

Etymology: < Byzantine Greek ἐνθουσία (see enthusiasm n.) + -an suffix. Compare slightly earlier enthusiastic adj. With use as noun compare earlier enthusiast n.

Obsolete.

A. adj.

Designating a person who claims (falsely or erroneously) to receive divine communication or inspiration. Also: relating to or of the nature of divine inspiration. rare.

ΚΠ

1582 T. Bentley et al. Monument of Matrones iv. 834 At no time to seeke new reuelations, as doo the Enthusian heretikes.

1731 T. Stackhouse Refl. on Nature & Prop. of Langs. 137 That Enthusian and Natural Vehemence that moves and affects us.

B. n.

A person who claims (falsely or erroneously) to receive divine communication or inspiration; (in wider sense) a person subject to religious delusion or irrational impulses. Also: a person (supposedly) possessed by a god, demon, spirit, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [noun] > person having

seera1382

Alumbrado1600

illuminate1602

enthusiastic1605

enthusian1611

enthusiast1612

inspirado1664

entheastic1678

inspired1749

Maharishi1785

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rishi1794

Mahatma1882

1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction vi. xii. 275 Packe hence therefore ye Enthusians, and be not like vnto Curdogs, that bark at a dead Lyon.

1638 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 5) iii. iv. i. iii. 673 Of Prophets, and Enthusians [earlier eds. Enthusiasts] and Impostors, our Ecclesiasticall stories afford many examples.

1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Enthysian, Enthusiast, one pretending to Divine revelation and inspiration, fanatick.

1707 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus II. ix. 3 Those..Confusions, Occasion'd by such vile Enthusions, Who had already robb'd the Throne.

1727 J. Allin Two Pract. Disc. ii. 19 The bold Enthusian, who strains at the gnat but swallows the camel.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	enthusian
释义	† enthusianadj.n. Forms: 1500s–1700s enthusian, 1600s enthysian, 1700s enthusion. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἐνθουσία , -an suffix. Etymology: < Byzantine Greek ἐνθουσία (see enthusiasm n.) + -an suffix. Compare slightly earlier enthusiastic adj. With use as noun compare earlier enthusiast n. Obsolete. A. adj. Designating a person who claims (falsely or erroneously) to receive divine communication or inspiration. Also: relating to or of the nature of divine inspiration. rare. ΚΠ 1582 T. Bentley et al. Monument of Matrones iv. 834 At no time to seeke new reuelations, as doo the Enthusian heretikes. 1731 T. Stackhouse Refl. on Nature & Prop. of Langs. 137 That Enthusian and Natural Vehemence that moves and affects us. B. n. A person who claims (falsely or erroneously) to receive divine communication or inspiration; (in wider sense) a person subject to religious delusion or irrational impulses. Also: a person (supposedly) possessed by a god, demon, spirit, etc. 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 1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction vi. xii. 275 Packe hence therefore ye Enthusians, and be not like vnto Curdogs, that bark at a dead Lyon. 1638 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 5) iii. iv. i. iii. 673 Of Prophets, and Enthusians [earlier eds. Enthusiasts] and Impostors, our Ecclesiasticall stories afford many examples. 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Enthysian, Enthusiast, one pretending to Divine revelation and inspiration, fanatick. 1707 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus II. ix. 3 Those..Confusions, Occasion'd by such vile Enthusions, Who had already robb'd the Throne. 1727 J. Allin Two Pract. Disc. ii. 19 The bold Enthusian, who strains at the gnat but swallows the camel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1582
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