| 单词 | demoniacal |
| 释义 | demoniacal, a. (n.)|diːməˈnaɪəkəl|
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
a. Of or pertaining to demons.
b. = demoniac 1, 1 b.
c. Befitting or of the nature of a demon; devilish, fiendish.
demoniacal possession: the possession of a man by an indwelling demon or evil spirit, formerly held to be the cause of some species of insanity, epilepsy, etc.
1614Bp. Hall Recoll. Treat. 883 In the Popish Churches..their ridiculous, or demoniacall service, who can endure? 1621–51Burton Anat. Mel. i. i. iii. 35 Extaticall and dæmoniacall persons. Ibid. i. ii. ii. vii, Imaginary dreams are of divers kinds, natural, divine, demoniacal, etc. 1681H. Hallywell Melampr. 78 (T.) A notable instance of demoniacal possession. 1741Warburton Div. Legat. ix. Notes Wks. 1811 VI. 391 The Possessions recorded in the Gospel..called demoniacal. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xxviii. 367 Menacing and demoniacal expressions. 1858Lytton What will He do ii. xi, His quarrels with a demoniacal usher. 1877Black Green Past. xl. (1878) 323 The temper of the mistress of the house..of such a demoniacal complexion.
Hence demoˈniacally adv.
1819G. S. Faber Dispens. (1823) I. 345 Demoniacally possessed. 1865L. Oliphant Piccadilly (1870) 102 She looked at me..demoniacally. |
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