energumen

English

Etymology

From Latin energumenus, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργούμενος (energoúmenos), from verb ἐνεργέω (energéō, to influence).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɛn.ə.ˈɡjuː.mən/

Noun

energumen (plural energumens)

  1. A person possessed by an evil ghost, spirit, or entity.
  2. A frantic and hysterical person.

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French énergumène.

Noun

energumen m (plural energumeni)

  1. energumen

Declension

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