neurospast
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin neurospaston, from Ancient Greek.
Noun
editneurospast (plural neurospasts)
- (obsolete) A puppet; a marionette
- 1642, Henry More, Psychathanasia:
- That outward form is but a neurospast; The soul it is that on her subtile ray
References
edit- “neurospast”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.