fiend
[ feend ]
/ find /
noun
verb (used without object)
Also feen [feen] /fin/ .Slang. to desire greatly: just another junkie fiending after his next hit;As soon as I finish a cigarette I'm fiending to light another.
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Origin of fiend
First recorded before 900; Middle English feend, Old English fēond; cognate with German Feind, Old Norse fjandr, Gothic fijands “foe,” originally present participle of fijan “to hate”
OTHER WORDS FROM fiend
fiendlike, adjectiveun·der·fiend, nounWords nearby fiend
field tile, field trial, field trip, field winding, fieldwork, fiend, fiendish, Fiennes, fier, fierce, fieri facias
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British Dictionary definitions for fiend (1 of 2)
fiend
/ (fiːnd) /
noun
an evil spirit; demon; devil
a person who is extremely wicked, esp in being very cruel or brutal
informal
- a person who is intensely interested in or fond of somethinga fresh-air fiend; he is a fiend for cards
- an addicta drug fiend
(informal) a mischievous or spiteful person, esp a child
Derived forms of fiend
fiendlike, adjectiveWord Origin for fiend
Old English fēond; related to Old Norse fjāndi enemy, Gothic fijands, Old High German fīant
British Dictionary definitions for fiend (2 of 2)
Fiend
/ (fiːnd) /
noun
the Fiend the devil; Satan
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