ENGASTRIMYTHalso ENGASTROMITH
NOUN one who appears to speak in the belly; a ventriloquist ...1598 obs. ETYMOLOGY from French engastrimythe from Greek engastrímythos, from en in + gastris belly + mythos speech FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1598 - See Example below EXAMPLE "...So all incenst, the pale Engastromith (Rul'd by the furious spirit he's haunted with,) Speakes in his wombe..." From: The Divine Weeks and Works of Guillame de Saluste Du Bartas Translated By: Josuah Sylvester, 1598 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • The English Dictionarie or an Interpreter of Hard English Words, Henry Cockeram, 1647 • Glossographia Anglicana Nova, or, A Dictionary Interpreting such Hard Words....., Thomas Blount, 1656 • A Supplementary English Glossary, O. Davies, T. Lewis, 1881 • The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia, William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891 • Dictionary of Early English, Joseph Shipley, 1955
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