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demoniac | x |

As an adjective demoniac

is possessed or controlled by a demon.

As a noun demoniac

is someone who is possessed by a demon.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

demoniac

English

Alternative forms

* daemoniac *

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • possessed or controlled by a demon.
  • Of or pertaining to demons; demonic.
  • * 1928 , H. P. Lovecraft, "", 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

    (en noun)
  • Someone who is possessed by a demon.
  • *1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 53:
  • *:The exorcism was dropped from the second Edwardian Prayer Book, because of its implication that unbaptised infants were demoniacs […].
  • References

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    Anagrams

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    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike
  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----