energumen

Example Sentences

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And Pascale Ogier was a young energumen of the new Paris night life.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 17, 2015

Wise old Father Theophilus, who said he knew the energumen would recover, had to dissuade the others from having last rites given her.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the first place, it is my duty to acknowledge that but for your interference yesterday the gigantic energumen by whom I was unexpectedly beset would have slain me.

From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Wallace, Lewis

"This, then, is that energumen whom we are so frightened of in the provinces!" exclaimed our friend.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.

His verses I detest, but I love to hear him recite them—he has the air of an energumen.

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by Morley, John