EVIL SPIRIT
ADJECTIVES
► CACODEMONIAL pert. to an evil spirit → 1588 obs.
► CACODEMONIC of the nature of an evil spirit → 1886
NOUNS
► ADJURATION an invoking, summoning, or commanding an evil spirit; an incantation used for this → 1405
► BEAST the devil; evil spirits → c1220 obs. exc. Sc.
► BLACK MAN an evil spirit, boogeyman, the devil → 1692
► CACODEMON an evil spirit → 1594
► DEBLERIE an evil spirit, a demon → a1325 obs.
► EVIL a hobgoblin; an evil spirit → 1914 Amer. dial.
► FEARIN ►FEARING an evil spirit; a goblin, a ghost → 1853 Eng. dial.
► GO-DEVIL an evil spirit, or a person made up to look like one → 1835 Amer. dial.
► HAG an evil spirit, demon, or infernal being in female form → 1552 obs.
► HAG SPIRIT a witch; the evil spirit of a dead person, sometimes supposed to cause nightmares → 1894 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
► IMP a wicked person; a petty fiend or evil spirit → 1526
► MARE-HAG a female evil spirit → 1638 obs.
► QUHAUP a goblin, an evil spirit, supposed to go about under the eaves of houses after the fall of night, having a long beak resembling a pair of tongs for the purpose of carrying off evildoers → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► REA an evil spirit or demon → 19C Sc. obs.
► SPRAT an evil spirit → 1475 obs.
► SUCCUBUS a demon, an evil spirit → 1601
► UNCLEAN SPIRIT a wicked or evil spirit; a demon → c950
NOUNS – PERSON
► CACODEMONIAC one possessed with an evil spirit → 1657
► GO-DEVIL an evil spirit, or a person made up to look like one → 1835 Amer. dial.
► POLYDIABOLICAL a person who believes in many devils or evil spirits → 1876 obs.
► POLYDIABOLIST a person who believes in many devils or evil spirits → 1876 obs.
VERBS
► ADJURE to invoke, summon, or exorcize an evil spirit → 1585
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