neurospast

English

Etymology

Latin neurospaston, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

neurospast (plural neurospasts)

1. A puppet.
   • 1642, Henry More, Psychathanasia:

     That outward form is but a neurospast; The soul it is that on her subtile ray

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “neurospast”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• responauts