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Energumen

//ɛn.əˈɡjuː.mən// noun

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

Etymology

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

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