fiend

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English

Alternative forms
fend

Etymology
From Middle English feend, fēnd, fiend, feond, viend, veond (“enemy; demon”), from Old English fēond (“enemy”),
from Proto-Germanic *fijandz. Cognate with Old Norse fjándi (Icelandic fjandi, Danish fjende, Swedish fiende,
Norwegian fiende, West Frisian fijân, Low German Feend, Fiend, Dutch vijand, German Feind, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃
(fijands), all of them meaning foe. The Old Norse and Gothic terms are present participles of the corresponding verbs
fjá/𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fijan, “to hate”). Akin to Sanskrit पीयित (pīyati, “(he) reviles”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /fiːnd/

Audio (US)

Rhymes: -iːnd

Noun
fiend (plural fiends)

1. (obsolete) An enemy, unfriend, or foe.

2. (religious, archaic) The enemy of mankind, specifically, the Devil; Satan.
3. A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
4. A very evil person
 5. (informal) An addict or fanatic

a jazz fiend

Synonyms

monster

Derived terms
Derived terms

Translations
demon
very evil person
addict, fanatic

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Verb
fiend (third-person singular simple present fiends, present participle fiending, simple past and past participle
fiended)

1. (slang, intransitive) To yearn; to be desperate (for something).

Anagrams
endif, finde, fined, indef, indef.

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