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energumen

/ɛn.əɹˈɡuː.mən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
en-er-gu-men
IPA
/ɛn.əɹˈɡuː.mən/
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person possessed by an evil ghost, spirit, or entity.

noun

A frantic and hysterical person.

Etymology

From Latin energumenus, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργούμενος (energoúmenos), from verb ἐνεργέω (energéō, “to influence”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɛn.əɹˈɡuː.mən/
  • British English: /ɛn.əˈɡjuː.mən/

Inflected Forms

energumens (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce energumen?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɛn.əɹˈɡuː.mən/.
What does energumen mean?
A person possessed by an evil ghost, spirit, or entity.
Where does energumen come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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