Definition/Meaning of demoniac

• English - Adjective: demoniac ( comparative more demoniac , superlative most demoniac ) possessed or controlled by a demon . Of or pertaining to demons; demonic . 1928 , H . P . Lovecraft , "The Call of Cthulhu", Weird Tales , Vol . 11 , No . 2 , pages 159–178, 287: Animal fury and orgiastic licence here whipped themselves to demoniac heights by howls and squawking ecstasies that tore and reverberated through…
• English - Noun: demoniac ( plural demoniacs ) Someone who is possessed by a demon . 1971 , Keith Thomas , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p . 53: The exorcism was dropped from the second Edwardian Prayer Book , because of its implication that unbaptised infants were demoniacs […].
• English - Alternative forms: daemoniac dæmoniac
• English - Etymology: From Late Latin daemoniacus .
• English - Pronunciation: ( UK ) IPA (key) : /dɪˈməʊnɪak/