Hypertext Webster Gateway: "demoniac"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Demoniac \De*mo"ni*ac\, n.
1. A human being possessed by a demon or evil spirit; one
whose faculties are directly controlled by a demon.
The demoniac in the gospel was sometimes cast into
the fire. --Bates.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Anabaptists who maintain
that the demons or devils will finally be saved.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Demoniac \De*mo"ni*ac\, Demoniacal \Dem`o*ni"a*cal\ (?; 277), a.
[L. daemoniacus, fr. daemon; cf. F. d['e]moniaque. See
{Demon}.]
1. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a demon or evil
spirit; devilish; as, a demoniac being; demoniacal
practices.
Sarcastic, demoniacal laughter. --Thackeray.
2. Influenced or produced by a demon or evil spirit; as,
demoniac or demoniacal power. ``Demoniac frenzy.''
--Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
demoniac
adj 1: in a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon; "the
soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief";
"a berserk worker smashing windows" [syn: {amuck}, {amok},
{berserk}, {demoniacal}, {possessed(p)}]
2: resembling or suggesting possession by a demon; "demoniac
energy"; "a demoniacal fit" [syn: {demoniacal}]
n : someone who acts as if possessed by a demon
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