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   fiend

   /fiːnd/

   noun

   • 1. an evil spirit or demon. Similar demondevilevil spiritimpbogieincubussuccubushellhoundinformal:spookrare:cacodemon
   • ▪ the Devil. archaic
   • ▪ a very wicked or cruel person: "Britain's most notorious sex fiend" Similar brutebeastvillainbarbarianmonsterogresadistevil-doerinformal:baddieswinearchaic:blackguard
   • 2. an enthusiast or devotee of a particular thing: informal "a football fiend" Similar enthusiastfanaticmaniacaddictdevoteefanloverfolloweraficionadoconnoisseurappreciatorinformal:bufffreaknuthamsuckergreat one

   Word Origin Old Englishfēond ‘an enemy, the devil, a demon’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vijand and German Feind ‘enemy’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fiendlike adjective

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