dementor

English

Etymology

From dement +‎ -or. Repopularized by the Harry Potter series.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈmɛntə/

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• Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

Noun

dementor (plural dementors)

1. An evil and fearsome creature.
   • 1850, A pilgrimage to the land of my fathers, page 423:

     […] and by which a certain Rabbi, who was once annoyed by a demon that came to him in the shape of a woman, got rid of his dementor.

   • 2008, The Godmother, Carrie Adams, page 242:

     […] it was protection against the anorexic dementor standing in front of me.

   • 2009, Dark Immortal, J.K. Coi, page 172:

     Diana needed to reconcile the Alric of now who pressed warm kisses to her temple, who touched her with such gentleness and showed her that he would protect her with his life, with the rage-filled dementor of her nightmares, the Alric she feared was still under the surface.

Translations

An evil and fearsome creature

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 摄魂怪 (shèhúnguài)

• Czech: mozkomor m
• Finnish: ankeuttaja (fi)
• Hungarian: dementor

Anagrams

• entoderm, mentored, mordente

Latin

Verb

dēmentor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of dēmentō