goetic
adjUK /ɡəʊˈɛtɪk/ · US /ɡoʊˈɛtɪk/
Etymology From goety + -ic.
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Pertaining to black magic or necromancy.
- Virility is sustained, preserved, even recaptured, by man's ingenuities, by exotic foods and drinks, by rare herbal compounds, by fantastical manipulations, goetic periapts.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii:
- That is why goetic magic does not always work. The demons in their prismatic malice betray the agreement between us and them, and we are again in the chaos of chance.1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire:
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- by this time, I say, the serious witches had gone very thoroughly underground and the only ones left on the surface were a few old crones practising a little Goëtic magic to help their friendly neighbours and to smarten up their petty persecutors.1976, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Something Nasty in the Woodshed, Penguin, published 2001, page 420: