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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
energumen /ˌɛnəˈgjuːmən/

▶noun archaic a person believed to be possessed by the devil or a spirit.

– origin C18: via late L. from Gk energoumenos, passive part. of energein ‘work in or upon’.

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