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.
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, adjective un·der·fiend, nounWords nearby fiend
fields,
fields, w. c.,
fieldsman,
fieldstone,
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