demonic, demonIc

[Eng. demon; -ic.] Pertaining to a demon; demoniacal. "Sudden impulses which have a false air of dæmonic strength."-G. Eliot : Daniel Deronda , ch. xv. [Lat. *de-mo-ni-fuge, *de-mo-ni-fuge, s. dæmon a demon, and fugo to put to flight.] A charm or protection against demons. "Few stood more in need of a dæmonifuge."-Pennant: London, p. 271. de-môn-Işm, s. [Eng. demon; -ism.] A belief in demons or false gods. "The established theology of the heathen world rested upon the basis of demonism." - Farmer: Demoniacs of New Testament, ch. 1., § 7.