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单词 energumen
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  • This, then, is that energumen whom we are so frightened of in the provinces!

    History of the Commune of 1871|P. Lissagary
  • His verses I detest, but I love to hear him recite them—he has the air of an energumen.

    Diderot and the Encyclopdists|John Morley

energumen

/ (ˌɛnəˈɡjuːmɛn) /
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noun

a person thought to be possessed by an evil spirit
a fanatic or zealot

Word Origin for energumen

C18: via Late Latin from Greek energoumenos having been worked on, from energein to be in action, from energos effective; see energy

Words nearby energumen

energetics, energid, energism, energize, energizer, energumen, energy, energy audit, energy band, energy bar, energy conversion
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