demoniac

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DEMONIAC or DEMONIACAL or DEMONIAN, adjective 1. Pertaining to demons or evil spirits. 2. Influenced by demons; produced by demons or evil spirits. DEMONIAC phrensy. DEMONIAC, noun A human being possessed by a demon; one whose volition and other mental faculties are overpowered, restrained, or disturbed, in their regular operation, by an evil spirit, or by a created spiritual being of superior power.
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