demoniac
pronunciation
How to pronounce demoniac in British English:
UK [dɪ'məʊnɪæk]
How to pronounce demoniac in American English:
US [dɪ'moʊnɪˌæk]
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- Noun:
- someone who acts as if possessed by a demon
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- Adjective:
- in a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon
- resembling or suggesting possession by a demon
Word Origin
- demoniac (adj.)
- c. 1400, "possessed, insane," earlier (late 14c.) as a noun, "one who is possessed," from Late Latin daemoniacus, from Greek daimoniakos "possessed by a demon," from diamon (see demon).
Example
- 1. Demoniac energy ; a demoniacal fit .
- 2. Overlooking a broad demoniac road to the hades .
- 3. Thus this chapter is entitled : the divine and the demoniac natures defined .
- 4. Those in goodness worship the demigods , those in passion worship the demoniac , other personas in nescience the spirits of the dead and ghosts .
- 5. I will perform sacrifice , I will give in charity , I will rejoice ; thus the demoniac are deluded by ignorance .