demoniac

English

Alternative forms

• daemoniac
• dæmoniac

Etymology

Latin daemoniacus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˈməʊnɪæk/

Adjective

demoniac (comparative more demoniac, superlative most demoniac)

1. possessed or controlled by a demon.
2. Of or pertaining to demons; demonic.
   • 1928, H. P. Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu", Weird Tales, Vol. 11, No. 2, pages 159–178, 287:

     Animal fury and orgiastic licence here whipped themselves to demoniac heights by howls and squawking ecstasies that tore and reverberated through those nighted woods like pestilential tempests from the gulfs of hell.

   • 1955, William Golding, The Inheritors, Faber & Faber 2005, p. 216:

     There was movement everywhere, screaming, demoniac activity; the old man was coming across the tumbling logs.

Noun

demoniac (plural demoniacs)

1. One who is possessed or controlled by a demon.

References

• demoniac in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• comedian
• daemonic, dæmonic
• midocean