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energumen

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En`er`gu´men
n.1.(Eccl. Antiq.) One possessed by an evil spirit; a demoniac.
energumen
a demoniac; a person possessed by an evil spirit. See also fads
See also: Demons
a wild enthusiast; a faddist. See also demons.
See also: Fads
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He coloured and looked astonished, as well as annoyed; and the words had no sooner escaped my lips than I felt a shock of alarm lest such an anticipation of words--very far from being words of course, easy to divine--should have betrayed me as an exceptional being, a sort of quiet energumen, whom every one, Bertha above all, would shudder at and avoid.
The Lifted Veil by Eliot, George View in context
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