fiend

== English == === Alternative forms === fend === Etymology === From Middle English fend, feend (“enemy; demon”), from Old English fēond (“enemy”), Proto-West Germanic *fijand, from Proto-Germanic *fijandz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fiːnd/ Rhymes: -iːnd IPA(key): (obsolete) /fɛnd/ === Noun === fiend (plural fiends) A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit. Synonym: monster A very evil person. Synonym: monster (obsolete) An enemy; a foe. (religious, archaic, sometimes capitalised) The enemy of mankind, specifically, the Devil; Satan. (informal) An addict or fanatic. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === fiend (third-person singular simple present fiends, present participle fiending, simple past and past participle fiended) (slang, intransitive) To yearn; to be desperate. [(often) with for ‘something, especially drugs’] Synonyms: feen, jones ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === endif, finde, fined, indef, indef. == Middle English == === Noun === fiend alternative form of fend == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fi͜yːnd/ === Etymology 1 === Inflected form. ==== Alternative forms ==== fīnd, fȳnd ==== Noun ==== fīend inflection of fēond: nominative/accusative plural dative singular === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== fīend m alternative form of fēond ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: