fiend

  • 21fiend — [fi:nd] noun 1》 an evil spirit or demon.     ↘a very wicked or cruel person. 2》 informal an enthusiast or devotee of a particular thing: a jazz fiend. Derivatives fiendlike adjective Origin OE fēond an enemy, the devil , of Gmc origin …

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  • 22fiend — noun (C) 1 television/fresh air/sports fiend etc someone who likes something much more than other people do 2 a very cruel or wicked person 3 an evil spirit …

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  • 23fiend — [fiːnd] noun [C] 1) a very evil person Syn: monster 2) informal someone who is extremely enthusiastic about something a football fiend[/ex] …

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  • 24fiend — [[t]find[/t]] n. 1) Satan 2) a demon 3) a diabolically cruel or wicked person 4) inf Informal. a) buff; fan: a baseball fiend[/ex] b) addict: dope fiends[/ex] 5) inf a person who is outstandingly skilled at something; whiz • Etymology: bef. 900;… …

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  • 25fiend — [OE] Fiend seems originally to have meant ‘hated person’. It was formed in prehistoric times from the past participle of a Germanic verb meaning ‘hate’ (represented in historic times by, for example, Old English fēon, Old High German fiēn, and… …

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  • 26fiend — n. 1 a an evil spirit, a demon. b (prec. by the) the Devil. 2 a a very wicked or cruel person. b a person causing mischief or annoyance. 3 (with a qualifying word) sl. a devotee or addict (a fitness fiend). 4 something difficult or unpleasant.… …

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  • 27Fiend Folio — is the title shared by three products published for different editions of the fantasy role playing game Dungeons Dragons . All three products are collections of monsters, making each Fiend Folio a sequel to its game s version of the Monster… …

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  • 28Fiend Force — Records Aktive Jahre seit 2003 Gründer Thorsten Wilms, Jonas Nitzsche Sitz Köln, Deutschland Website http://www.fiendforce.de/ Genre(s) …

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  • 29Fiend Force Records — Aktive Jahre seit 2003 Gründer Thorsten Wilms, Jonas Nitzsche Sitz Hamburg, Deutschland Website http://www.fiendforce.de/ Genre(s) …

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  • 30fiend´ish|ness — fiend|ish «FEEN dihsh», adjective. very cruel or wicked; devilish; characteristic of a fiend: »fiendish tortures, a fiendish yell. The savages took fiendish delight in torturing their prisoners. SYNONYM(S): diabolical, demoniacal. –fiend´ish|ly,… …

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