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fiend definition

fiend (fēnd)

noun

  1. an evil spirit; devil
  2. an inhumanly wicked or cruel person
  3. ☆ Informal
    1. a person addicted to some activity, habit, etc. a fresh-air fiend
    2. a person who is excellent at some activity a fiend at tennis

Etymology: ME fend, feend < OE feond, lit., the one hating, orig. prp. < base of feogan, to hate, akin to Goth fijands < fijan, to hate < IE base *pē(i)-, to harm

fiend Idioms

the Fiend

Satan

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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