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energumen
/ ˌɛ²ÔəˈɡÂá³Ü˳¾É›²Ô /
noun
- a person thought to be possessed by an evil spirit
- a fanatic or zealot
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of energumen1
Example Sentences
Isaac closed his eyes and muttered, “By the power that is within me, in the name of the Lord Jesus, I ask, Lord, I ask that this wicked spirit be cast out, that Satan’s work be confounded, that this unfortunate Africk energumen be freed from the shackles of diabolatry as he was of slavery.â€
Colin is a sort of freelance philosophical energumen, who, upon receiving several cryptic typed messages, makes them the subject of an obsessive study.
And Pascale Ogier was a young energumen of the new Paris night life.
Energumen, en-er-gū′men, n. one possessed: a demoniac.
"This, then, is that energumen whom we are so frightened of in the provinces!" exclaimed our friend.
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