Svengali
noun /svenˈɡɑːli/
/svenˈɡɑːli/
- a person who has the power to control another person’s mind, make them do bad things, etc.More Like This Expressions from literary sourcesExpressions from literary sources
- Alice in Wonderland
- Casanova
- Cassandra
- Don Juan
- Dorian Gray
- Falstaffian
- Frankenstein
- Jekyll and Hyde
- Lilliputian
- Lothario
- Orwellian
- Pandora’s box
- Peter Pan
- Pied Piper
- Pollyanna
- Rip Van Winkle
- Ruritanian
- Scrooge
- Shangri-La
- Sherlock
- Stepford Wife
- Svengali
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee
- Utopia
- Walter Mitty
Word OriginFrom the name of a character in George du Maurier’s novel Trilby.