psalmanaazaar

Updated: April 27, 2026

In his Description of Formosa he wrote it Psalmanaazaar, and in later life Psalmanazar. This man found in him a tool ready made to his hand. He had at once seen through his roguery, but he used his knowledge only to plunge him deeper in his guilt.

James Boswell - Life of Johnson, Volume 3 : 1776-1780