daemon

[ dee-muhn ]

/ ˈdi mən /

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noun

Classical Mythology.

a god.
a subordinate deity, as the genius of a place or a person's attendant spirit.

a demon.

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Also daimon.

Origin of daemon

<Latin daemōn a spirit, an evil spirit <Greek daímōn a deity, fate, fortune; compare daíesthai to distribute

OTHER WORDS FROM daemon

dae·mon·ic

[dih-mon-ik], /dɪˈmɒn ɪk/, dae·mon·is·tic

[dee-muh-nis-tik], /ˌdi məˈnɪs tɪk/, adjective

Words nearby daemon

daedal, Daedala, Daedalid, Daedalion, Daedalus, daemon, daemonology, Daesh, daff, daffadilly, daffadowndilly

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How to use daemon in a sentence

Everyone has a companion daemon in the form of an animal—part of their spirit that resides outside the body—and Lyra's is named Pantalaimon.
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The Daemon of procrastination has at length yielded to the Genius of Friendship, assisted indeed by the powers of fear and shame.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2)|Edward Gibbon
Suddenly the moment had come when the daemon wakes and begins to range.
Trent's Last Case|E.C. (Edmund Clerihew) Bentley

Daemon ab insidiis vulpeculae est similis, T. breides, stratagems, tricks; comp.
Selections from Early Middle English 1130-1250: Part II: Notes|Various
So that a man was to understand by Daemon, as well (sometimes) an Ague, as a Divell.
Leviathan|Thomas Hobbes
If they were already in the fangs of the daemon, their torments could neither be aggravated nor assuaged by human industry.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|Edward Gibbon

British Dictionary definitions for daemon

daemon

daimon

/ (ˈdiːmən) /

noun

a demigod

the guardian spirit of a place or person

a variant spelling of demon (def. 3)

Derived forms of daemon

daemonic (diːˈmɒnɪk), adjective

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daemon

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British Dictionary definitions for daemon

daimon

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