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fiend

[ feend ]

noun

  1. Satan; the devil.
  2. any evil spirit; demon.
  3. a diabolically cruel or wicked person.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  4. a person or thing that causes mischief or annoyance:

    Those children are little fiends.

  5. Informal. a person who is extremely addicted to some pernicious habit:

    an opium fiend.

  6. Informal. a person who is excessively interested in some game, sport, etc.; fan; buff:

    a bridge fiend.

  7. a person who is highly skilled or gifted in something:

    a fiend at languages.



verb (used without object)

  1. Also feen []. 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.

fiend

1

/ 蹿颈藧苍诲 /

noun

  1. an evil spirit; demon; devil
  2. a person who is extremely wicked, esp in being very cruel or brutal
  3. informal.
    1. a person who is intensely interested in or fond of something

      a fresh-air fiend

      he is a fiend for cards

    2. an addict

      a drug fiend

  4. informal a mischievous or spiteful person, esp a child
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Fiend

2

/ 蹿颈藧苍诲 /

noun

  1. the Fiend
    the devil; Satan
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蹿颈别苍诲藢濒颈办别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蹿颈别苍诲顎僱颈办别顎 adjective
  • 耻苍顎卍别谤路蹿颈别苍诲顎 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of fiend1

First recorded before 900; Middle English feend, Old English 蹿脓辞苍诲; cognate with German Feind, Old Norse fjandr, Gothic fijands 鈥渇oe,鈥 originally present participle of fijan 鈥渢o hate鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of fiend1

Old English 蹿脓辞苍诲 ; related to Old Norse 蹿箩腻苍诲颈 enemy, Gothic fijands , Old High German 蹿墨补苍迟
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He conjured the sardonic guru Mr. Natural, a tiny sex fiend called the Snoid and other sweaty, anxious creatures, human and otherwise.

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He鈥檚 a workout fiend, just like his father, Bill, was before him.

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She is also a fiend for makgeolli, the Korean rice wine, of which she claims to drink one or two bottles every day.

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But then suddenly, Graeme's efforts pay off as we sight a stonechat, the feathered fiend who had evaded us earlier, sitting happily atop a fence post.

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The good news for summer fiends: The region is expected to warm up next week on Thursday and Friday.

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