ephialtesn.
中文n. (Ephialtes)人名;(希)埃菲阿尔特斯
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ephialtes (n.)nightmare or demon that causes nightmares, c. 1600, from Greek Ephialtes, name of a demon supposed to cause nightmares; the ancient explanation is that it was from ephallesthai "to leap upon," which suits the sense, but OED finds "considerable" phonological difficulties with this.
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