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Fiendkin vs Fiend - What's the difference?

fiendkin | fiend | Derived terms |

Fiendkin is a derived term of fiend.


As nouns the difference between fiendkin and fiend

is that fiendkin is a little fiend; an imp while fiend is (obsolete) an enemy, unfriend, or foe.

fiendkin

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A little fiend; an imp.
  • *1996 , William Langland, George D. Economou, William Langland's Piers Plowman :
  • And then I shall come as king, with crown and with angels, And have out of hell all men's souls. Fiends and fiendkins shall stand before me And be at my bidding, of bliss or of pain.

    Synonyms

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    fiend

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An enemy, unfriend, or foe.
  • (religious, archaic) The enemy of mankind, specifically, the Devil; Satan.
  • * 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 35:
  • At the confirmation ceremony the bishop would lay his hands on the child and tie around its forehead a linen band […]. This was believed to strengthen him against the assaults of the fiend […].
  • A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
  • * 1845 , E.A. Poe, "The Raven"
  • "Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend! "
  • A very evil person
  • (informal) An addict or fanatic
  • a jazz fiend

    Derived terms

    * fienddom/fiendom * fiendful * fiendhood * fiendish * fiendkin * fiendlike * fiendling * fiendly * fiendness * fiendship * dope fiend

    Synonyms

    * monster

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