archimage
English
editEtymology
editFrom archi- + mage, by analogy with Latin archimagus.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editarchimage (plural archimages)
- (now rare) Alternative form of archmage.
- 1853, Henry William Herbert, The Roman Traitor (Vol. 1 of 2)[1]:
- He felt, for a moment, as the daring archimage whose spells, too potent for their master's safety, have evoked and unchained a spirit that defies their guidance.
- 1881, Isaac D'Israeli, Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)[2]:
- The learned Marsilio Ficino translated Plotinus, that great archimage of platonic mysticism.
- 1935, Robert Bloch, The Shambler from the Stars:
- The secrets of the old archimage are known today only to the initiated, and they discourage all attempts to spread their fame, for certain very definite reasons.