demonian

Or dae·mo·ni·an

[dih-moh-nee-uhn]

adjective

1. demoniac.

Word History and Origins

Origin of demonian¹

demon + -ian

Example Sentences

What being of demonian birth Could ever brave his mighty arm?

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Bathsheba's beauty belonged rather to the demonian than to the angelic school, she never looked so well as when she was angry — and particularly when the effect was heightened by a rather dashing velvet dress, care- fully put on before a glass.

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Bathsheba's beauty belonging rather to the demonian than to the angelic school, she never looked so well as when she was angry—and particularly when the effect was heightened by a rather dashing velvet dress, carefully put on before a glass.

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I dawdled along therefore, thinking only to greet the place, walk with the stream, and lie in the meadow, sacred with the shadow of her demonian presence.

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