Fiendkin vs Fiend - What's the difference?
fiendkin | fiend | Derived terms |
A little fiend; an imp.
*1996 , William Langland, George D. Economou, William Langland's Piers Plowman :
(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:
A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
* 1845 , E.A. Poe, "The Raven"
A very evil person
(informal) An addict or fanatic
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
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Noun
(en noun)- 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
*fiend
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Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- 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 […].
- "Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend! "
- a jazz fiend