Brewer's: Archimage

(3 syl.).

The name given by Thomson to the “demon Indolence.” Archimagus is the title borne by the High Priest of the Persian Magi.

I will, he cried, so help me God! destroy That villain Archimage.

Thomson: Castle of Indolence
, c. ii.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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