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fiend

Pronunciation: /ˈfiːnd/

The English word “fiend” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

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

verb

  1. To yearn; to be desperate.

Etymology

From Middle English fend, feend (“enemy; demon”), from Old English fēond (“enemy”), Proto-West Germanic *fijand, from Proto-Germanic *fijandz. Cognates Cognate with Scots fient (“fiend”), Saterland Frisian Fäind (“enemy, fiend, foe”), Cimbrian faint (“enemy, fiend”), Dutch vijand (“enemy”), German Feind (“enemy, fiend, foe”), Vilamovian faeind, fajnd (“enemy”), Yiddish פֿײַנד (faynd), פֿײַנט…

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