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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEMONIAC or DEMONIACAL or DEMONIAN, a.
1. Pertaining to demons or evil spirits.
2. Influenced by demons; produced by demons or evil spirits.
Demoniac phrensy.
DEMONIAC, n. A human being possessed by a demon; one whose volition and other mental faculties are overpowered, restrained, or disturbed, in their regular operation, by an evil spirit, or by a created spiritual being of superior power.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows" [syn: amuck, amok, berserk, demoniac, demoniacal, possessed] n
1: someone who acts as if possessed by a demon

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective also demoniacal Etymology: Middle English demoniak, from Late Latin daemoniacus, from Greek daimoniakos, from daimon-, daim?n Date: 14th century 1. possessed or influenced by a demon 2. demonic <demoniac rage> • demoniacally adverb II. noun Date: 14th century one possessed by a demon

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 fiercely energetic or frenzied. 2 a supposedly possessed by an evil spirit. b of or concerning such possession. 3 of or like demons. --n. a person possessed by an evil spirit. Derivatives: demoniacal adj. demoniacally adv. Etymology: ME f. OF demoniaque f. eccl.L daemoniacus f. daemonium f. Gk daimonion dimin. of daimon: see DEMON)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a.; (also demoniacal) Diabolical, devilish, fiendish, hellish, infernal.

Moby Thesaurus

aliene, bedlamite, borderline case, crackbrain, crackpot, crazed, crazy, dement, demonic, devilish, diabolic, energumen, fanatic, fired, flake, fou, idiot, insane, inspired, kook, loon, loony, lunatic, madman, maniac, meshuggenah, noncompos, nut, phrenetic, raving lunatic, satanic, screwball, serpentine, unhallowed, weirdo