| 单词 |
engastrimyth |
| 释义 |
† enˈgastrimyth Obs.
Also 6 engastromith, 7 (erron. in Dicts. -mich, -imuch).
[ad. Fr. engastrimythe, ad. Gr. ἐγγαστρίµυθος, f. ἐν in + γαστρί, dat. of γαστήρ belly + µῦθος speech.]
One who appears to speak in the belly, a ventriloquist.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas i. ii. Deceipt (1605–7) I. 309 All incenst, the pale Engastromith..Speakes in his wombe. 1623Cockeram, Engastromich, one possessed, which seemes to speak in his belly. 1656Blount Glossogr., Engastrimuches (engastrimuchi), were those, that being possessed, seemed to speak out of their belly. 1708Motteux Rabelais iv. lviii. (1737) 238 The first, were call'd Engastrimythes.
Hence † engastriˈmythian a., that practises ventriloquism; engastriˈmythic a., pertaining to, of the nature of ventriloquism.
a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xxv, The Engastrimythian Prophetess. 1849S. R. Maitland Illustr. & Enquiries Relating to Mesmerism I. 58, I cannot help saying that there seems to me to be something engastrimythic in this case. 1851G. S. Faber Many Mansions (1862) 125 Upon this, she abandoned her engastrimythic whisperings, and uttered a loud cry of alarm and distress. |
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