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Demoniac   Listen
noun
Demoniac  n.  
1.
A human being possessed by a demon or evil spirit; one whose faculties are directly controlled by a demon. "The demoniac in the gospel was sometimes cast into the fire."
2.
(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Anabaptists who maintain that the demons or devils will finally be saved.



adjective
Demoniacal, Demoniac  adj.  
1.
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a demon or evil spirit; devilish; as, a demoniac being; demoniacal practices. "Sarcastic, demoniacal laughter."
2.
Influenced or produced by a demon or evil spirit; as, demoniac or demoniacal power. "Demoniac frenzy."
3.
Resembling or suggesting possession by a demon; as, demoniac energy.
4.
In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
Synonyms: amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, possessed(predicate).






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"Demoniac" Quotes from Famous Books



... the plural of "Inkoosi", is the salute given to Zulu wizards, because they are not one but many, since in them (as in the possessed demoniac in the Bible) dwell ...
— Child of Storm • H. Rider Haggard

... approving of RUDOLPH'S virtuous resolve, they descend to—well, they descend below the Erie Building, to drink to his success. Scene changes to ULRIC'S home. Enter ULRIC and family, including Aged Mother, Virtuous Heroine, Hated Rival, and Demoniac Servant. ...
— Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 • Various

... named Stanton, who had travelled in Spain in the seventeenth century. On one night of storm, Stanton had seen carried past him the bodies of two lovers who had been killed by lightning. As he watched, a man had stepped forward, had looked calmly at the bodies, and had burst into a horrible demoniac laugh. Stanton saw the man several times, always in circumstances of horror; he learnt that his name was Melmoth. This being exercised a kind of fascination over Stanton, who searched for him far and wide. Ultimately, Stanton was confined ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol VI. • Various

... clung tormentingly to the searcher. It was the demoniac face of Motoza, the Sioux, when Fred Greenwood compelled him to return the Winchester of Jack. There could be but one interpretation of that expression, and it boded the worst for ...
— Two Boys in Wyoming - A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3) • Edward S. Ellis

... hundreds of men, women, and children,—their friends and their acquaintances,—were perishing by the all-consuming element. They could not exclude from fancy, the agonized and dying shrieks of those dear to them, and the demoniac light shone on countenances, expressing emotions of ...
— Adele Dubois - A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick • Mrs. William T. Savage


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