Svengali
noun/svenˈɡɑːli/
/svenˈɡɑːli/
- a person who has the power to control another person’s mind, make them do bad things, etc.More Like This Expressions from literary sourcesExpressions from literary sourcesWord OriginFrom the name of a character in George du Maurier’s novel Trilby.
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