psychopannychyn.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin psychopannychia (1545 in the title of a work by Calvin: see quot. 1545) < ancient Greek ψυχο- psycho- comb. form + παννύχιος lasting all night < παν- pan- comb. form + νύχιος belonging to night, taking place at night < νυχ- , alternative stem of νυκτ- , νύξ night, cognate with night n. + -ιος , suffix forming adjectives. With the α. forms compare -y suffix³, and also Middle French psychopannychie (1558 in a translation of Calvin's work; rare).Compare the following example of post-classical Latin psychopannychia :1545 Calvin (title) Psychopannychia, qua refellitur [eorum] error, qui animas post mortem usque ad ultimum iudicium dormire putant.Compare also the following earlier examples of post-classical Latin Psychopannychia in an English context as the title of Calvin's work:1586 W. Fulke Apol. Declam. Frarine 25 in Treat. against Def. of Censure Bks. W. Charke & M. Hanmer After he [sc. Calvin] had set forth that worthie booke of his, called Psychopanuchia, at Orleans, against them which taught, that the soules departed doe sleepe vntill the resurrection, without sense of good or euill, he came to the Citie of Basill.1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 232 It hath beene the opinion of some Popes, they say, and is of some Anabaptists at this day: such as against whom M. Calvin wrote his Psychopannychia. With the forms in -i- compare the note at psychopannychist n.