energumen
/ (ˌɛnəˈɡjuːmɛn) /
noun
a person thought to be possessed by an evil spirit
a fanatic or zealot
Origin of energumen
1C18: via Late Latin from Greek energoumenos having been worked on, from energein to be in action, from energos effective; see energy
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How to use energumen in a sentence
His verses I detest, but I love to hear him recite them—he has the air of an energumen.
Diderot and the Encyclopdists | John MorleyThis, then, is that energumen whom we are so frightened of in the provinces!
History of the Commune of 1871 | P. Lissagary
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