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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

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

fiend·like, adjectiveun·der·fiend, noun

Words nearby fiend

fields, fields, w. c., fieldsman, fieldstone, fieldwork, fiend, fiendish, fiennes, fier, fierce, fieri facias
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British Dictionary definitions for fiending (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
  1. a person who is intensely interested in or fond of somethinga fresh-air fiend; he is a fiend for cards
  2. an addicta drug fiend
(informal) a mischievous or spiteful person, esp a child

Derived forms of fiend

fiendlike, adjective

Word Origin for fiend

Old English fēond; related to Old Norse fjāndi enemy, Gothic fijands, Old High German fīant

British Dictionary definitions for fiending (2 of 2)

Fiend
/ (fiːnd) /

noun

the Fiend the devil; Satan
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