a. Obs. rare. [f. Gr. ἐσσόμεν-ος fut. pple. of εἶναι to be + -IC.] (See quot.)
1771. P. Parsons, Newmarket, I. 123. Another kind of mirror … the Essomenic … which has the singular power of representing things and persons in future times. Ibid., 124. It has all the qualities of the other two kinds, but the Essomenic is peculiar to itself.
