daimon
Americannoun
plural
daimones, daimonsnoun
Other Word Forms
- daimonic adjective
- daimonistic adjective
Example Sentences
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In Greek, the word for happiness, eudaimonia, can be taken to mean “having a good daimon.”
From Time
There was no kind of doubt that he carried within him the creative "daimon."
From Project Gutenberg
Each city and tribe, each grove or fountain or sheltering hill had its local genius or daimon, requiring worship and sacrificial honours.
From Project Gutenberg
“It doesn’t rest with me, but with the daimon.”
From Project Gutenberg
And I have watched with the same intense wonder the phenomena of the soul illuminated by the daimon of inner vision and the infinite manifestations of the power of spirit over matter.
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