Designating a person thought to be inhabited and controlled by a demon; possessed; (also) mentally ill; mad. Cf. demoniacal, adj. 1b.

= demoniacal, adj. (in various senses). rare after 16th cent.

Tormented or beset by an evil spirit; = possessed, adj. 2a. Now rare.

Possessed by a deity or by a devil; frantic, mad, furious. Obs.

Inhabited and controlled by a demon or spirit; lunatic, mad. Frequently predicative.

Designating a person thought to be inhabited and controlled by a demon; possessed; = demoniac, adj. 1a.

(Supposedly) possessed by a demon; = demoniac, adj. 1a. Obsolete.

(Supposedly) possessed by a demon; demoniacal.