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Demogorgon \De`mo*gor"gon\ (d[=e]"m[-o]*g[^o]r*g[o^]n or
d[e^]m"[-o]*g[^o]r*g[o^]n), n. [First mentioned by Lutatius,
or Lactantius Placidus, the scholiast on Statius, perh. fr.
Gr. dai`mwn god, deity + gorgo`s fierce, terrible]
A mysterious, terrible, and evil divinity, regarded by some
as the author of creation, by others as a great magician who
was supposed to command the spirits of the lower world. See
{Gorgon}.
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Orcus and Ades, and the dreaded name
Of Demogorgon. --Milton.
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