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possessee

noun
/pɒˈzɛsiː/

Etymology

From possess + -ee.

  1. derived from *sed-✻ — “to sit”
  2. derived from *pótis✻ — “master; ruler; husband”
  3. derived from possessus — “possessed; seized”
  4. derived from possesser
  5. derived from possesser
  6. inherited from possessen — “to have, own; to obtain possession of; to inhabit, occupy”
  7. suffixed as possessee — “possess + ee”

Definitions

  1. Verb complement in some languages or some constructions of a given language

    Verb complement in some languages or some constructions of a given language; the noun which is possessed.

  2. The subject of a possession by a demon or spirit.

    • The story gets wildly out of hand as renegade exorcist James Olsen kidnaps the possessee from jail and drags him to the house for a climactic display of head-splitting make-up effects and noisy ritual chanting.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for possessee. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA