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Trilby   /trˈɪlbi/   Listen
Trilby

noun
1.
Singer in a novel by George du Maurier who was under the control of the hypnotist Svengali.
2.
A hat made of felt with a creased crown.  Synonyms: fedora, felt hat, homburg, Stetson.





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"Trilby" Quotes from Famous Books



... you—it tends to make semen go to the head and gives the mental mouth something to think of. It could be used in a baleful way if one had will power over another person like hypnotism—(Svengali and Trilby)—In hypnotism the will goes on the same lines as psychological influence." The Jews, he said, lay around temples so much that their life had to go into sensuality or wisdom and it mostly went into wisdom. Continual seminal losses, he claimed, would lead to a change in personality. ...
— The Journal of Abnormal Psychology - Volume 10


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