单词 | mesmerite |
释义 | mesmeriten. Now historical. A person who believes in mesmerism. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > mesmerism > mesmerist mesmerite1785 magnetizer1786 animal magnetist1792 mesmerist1795 mesmerian1802 magnetist1807 mesmerizer1829 hypnotist1843 biologist1853 hypnotizer1883 pathetist1890 1785 T. Holcroft Choleric Fathers ii. 34 A Mesmerite, sir? what is a mesmerite? 1842 M. Mitford Let. in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. ix. 156 He told me..that Mrs. Trollope is a thorough-going mesmerite, constantly at Dr. Elliotson's. 1850 W. Colton Three Years in Calif. 136 A mesmerite, on account of the death-intelligence conveyed by his clairvoyant, has gone into mourning. 1997 T. Pynchon Mason & Dixon 19 Dixon notes how his co-Adjutor-to-be seems fallen into a sort of Magnetickal Stupor, as Mesmerites might term it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1785 |
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