eudemon

American  

[yoo-dee-muhn] / yuˈdi mən /

Or eudaemon

noun

1. a good or benevolent demon or spirit.

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eudemon British  

/ juːˈdiːmən /

noun

1. a benevolent spirit or demon

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Etymology

Origin of eudemon

1620–30; < Greek eudaímōn blessed with a good genius, fortunate, happy, equivalent to eu- eu- + daímōn destiny, fortune, lot; demon

Example Sentences

Gargantua, a man of fifty-five, is introduced to Eudemon, a boy of twelve.

From Project Gutenberg

At night at supper, the said Des Marays brought in a young page of his from Ville-gouges, called Eudemon, so well combed, so well drest, so well brushed, so sweet in his behavior, that he resembled a little angel more than a human creature.

From Project Gutenberg

Maître Jobelin being gone out of the house, Grangousier consulted with the viceroy what tutor they should choose for Gargantua; and it was betwixt them resolved that Ponocrates, the tutor of Eudemon, should have the charge, and that they should all go together to Paris to know what was the study of the young men of France at that time....

From Project Gutenberg

At Mans, said Eudemon, Francis Cornu, apothecary, had turned an old set of Extravagantes into waste paper.

From Project Gutenberg

At seven o'clock of the next following morning Panurge did not fail to present himself before Pantagruel, in whose chamber were at that time Epistemon, Friar John of the Funnels, Ponocrates, Eudemon, Carpalin, and others, to whom, at the entry of Panurge, Pantagruel said, Lo! here cometh our dreamer.

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