engastrimyth

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  1. A ventriloquist. So, all incenst, the pale engastromith (Rul'd by the furious spirit he's haunted with) Speaks in his womb. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Imposture.

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  1. Also engastromith, engastrimuth; from Greek ἐγγαστρίμυθος, a ventriloquist, generally used of women who delivered oracles by ventriloquy, from ἐν γαστρί, in the belly (ἐν, in; γαστρί, dative of γαστήρ, akin to L. venter, belly), + μῦθος, speech. See myth.
 

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