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.
Words nearby fiend
fields, fields, w. c., fieldsman, fieldstone, fieldwork, fiend, fiendish, fiennes, fier, fierce, fieri facias
Origin of fiend
before 900; Middle English feend, Old English fēond; cognate with German Feind, Old Norse fjandr, Gothic fijands foe, orig. present participle of fijan to hate
OTHER WORDS FROM fiend
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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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