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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fiend /fiːnd/
noun
  • 1 an evil spirit or demon.

    ■ a very wicked or cruel person.

  • 2 informal an enthusiast or devotee of a particular thing: a jazz fiend.
– derivatives
fiendlike adjective.
– origin OE fēond ‘an enemy, the devil’, of Gmc origin.



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