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energumen

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energumen [ˌɛnəˈgjuːmɛn]
n
1. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) a person thought to be possessed by an evil spirit
2. a fanatic or zealot
[via Late Latin from Greek energoumenos having been worked on, from energein to be in action, from energos effective; see energy]
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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