Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

     #980.  Demon.—­ N. demon, daemon, demonry[obs3], demonology; evil
genius, fiend, familiar, daeva[obs3], devil; bad spirit, unclean spirit; cacodemon[obs3], incubus, Eblis, shaitan[obs3], succubus, succuba; Frankenstein’s monster; Titan, Shedim, Mephistopheles, Asmodeus[obs3], Moloch, Belial, Ahriman[obs3]; fury, harpy; Friar Rush.
     vampire, ghoul; afreet[obs3], barghest[obs3], Loki; ogre, ogress;
gnome, gin, jinn, imp, deev[obs3], lamia[obs3]; bogie, bogeyman, bogle[obs3]; nis[obs3], kobold[obs3], flibbertigibbet, fairy, brownie, pixy, elf, dwarf, urchin; Puck, Robin Goodfellow; leprechaun, Cluricaune[obs3], troll, dwerger[obs3], sprite, ouphe[obs3], bad fairy, nix, nixie, pigwidgeon[obs3], will-o’-the wisp.
     [Supernatural appearance] ghost, revenant, specter, apparition,
spirit, shade, shadow, vision; hobglobin, goblin, orc; wraith, spook, boggart[obs3], banshee, loup-garou[Fr], lemures[obs3]; evil eye.
     merman, mermaid, merfolk[obs3]; siren; satyr, faun; manito[obs3],
manitou, manitu.
     possession, demonic possession, diabolic possession; insanity &c.503.
     [in jest, in science] Maxwell’s demon.
     [person possessed by a demon] demoniac. 
     Adj. demonic, demonical, impish, demoniacal; fiendish, fiend-like;
supernatural, weird, uncanny, unearthly, spectral; ghostly, ghost-like; elfin, elvin[obs3], elfish, elflike[obs3]; haunted; pokerish [obs3][U.S.].
     possessed, possessed by a devil, possessed by a demon. 
     Adv. demonically.

     #981.  Heaven.—­ N. heaven; kingdom of heaven, kingdom of God; heavenly
kingdom; throne of God; presence of God; inheritance of the saints in light. 
     Paradise, Eden, Zion, abode of the blessed; celestial bliss, glory.
     [Mythological heaven] Olympus; Elysium[paradise], Elysian fields,
Arcadia[obs3], bowers of bliss, garden of the Hesperides, third heaven; Valhalla, Walhalla (Scandinavian); Nirvana (Buddhist); happy hunting grounds; Alfardaws[obs3], Assama[obs3]; Falak al aflak “the highest heaven” (Mohammedan)[Arabic][Arab].
     future state, eternal home, eternal reward.
     resurrection, translation; resuscitation &c. 660.
     apotheosis, deification. 
     Adj. heavenly, celestial, supernal, unearthly, from on high,
paradisiacal, beatific, elysian. 
     Phr. “looks through nature up to the nature’s god” [Pope]; “the great
world;s altarstairs, that slope through darkness up to God” [Tennyson]; “the treasury of everlasting joy” [Henry VI]; vigeur de dessus[Fr].

     #982.  Hell. —­ N. hell, bottomless pit, place of torment; habitation
of fallen angels; Pandemonium, Abaddon[obs3], Domdaniel; jahannan[obs3], sheol[obs3].
     hell fire; everlasting fire, everlasting torment, eternal damnation;
lake of fire and brimstone; fire that is never quenched; worm that never dies.
     purgatory, limbo, gehenna, abyss.
     [Mythological hell]

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