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词汇 empusa
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Definition of empusa in English:

empusa

noun ɛmˈp(j)uːzə
  • 1In classical mythology: a female demon or evil spirit associated with the goddess Hecate, supposed to eat humans and to be capable of appearing in different forms. Also more generally: an evil spirit, a hobgoblin; a phantom.

  • 2Biology (In form Empusa) a genus of fungi which grow within the bodies of flies and other insects, causing deformity and death; (also empusa) a fungus of this genus. See also compounds 1. Now rare.

Origin

Late 16th century; earliest use found in Robert Harrison (d. c1585), Brownist and writer. From post-classical Latin Empusa from ancient Greek Ἔμπουσα kind of hobgoblin, assuming various shapes, said to be sent by Hecate, of unknown origin; partly via Middle French, French empuse.

Definition of empusa in US English:

empusa

nounɛmˈp(j)uːzə
  • 1In classical mythology: a female demon or evil spirit associated with the goddess Hecate, supposed to eat humans and to be capable of appearing in different forms. Also more generally: an evil spirit, a hobgoblin; a phantom.

  • 2Biology (In form Empusa) a genus of fungi which grow within the bodies of flies and other insects, causing deformity and death; (also empusa) a fungus of this genus. See also compounds 1. Now rare.

Origin

Late 16th century; earliest use found in Robert Harrison (d. c1585), Brownist and writer. From post-classical Latin Empusa from ancient Greek Ἔμπουσα kind of hobgoblin, assuming various shapes, said to be sent by Hecate, of unknown origin; partly via Middle French, French empuse.

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