Associations to the word «Demoniac»

Wiktionary

DEMONIAC, adjective. Possessed or controlled by a demon.
DEMONIAC, adjective. Of or pertaining to demons; demonic.
DEMONIAC, noun. Someone who is possessed by a demon.

Dictionary definition

DEMONIAC, noun. Someone who acts as if possessed by a demon.
DEMONIAC, adjective. Frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker smashing windows".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats