fiend

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.

   what God or Feend, or ſpirit of the earth, Or Monſter turned to a manly ſhape, Or of what mould or mettel he be made, […]

2. 2
   noun

   An enemy; a foe.

   We waited for our fiend to arrive.

3. 3
   noun

   The enemy of mankind, specifically, the Devil; Satan.

   He proffered a pact to Satan, calling upon the Fiend and working himself into a frenzy - but his infernal majesty failed to respond.

4. 4
   noun

   An addict or fanatic.

   dope fiend

5. 5
   verb

   To yearn; to be desperate.

   I play it off, but I'm dreaming of you / And I'll try to keep my cool, but I'm fiendin'

6. 6
   noun

   an evil supernatural being

7. 7
   noun

   a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)

8. 8
   noun

   a cruel wicked and inhuman person

Etymology

From Middle English fend, feend (“enemy; demon”), from Old English fēond (“enemy”), Proto-West Germanic *fijand, from Proto-Germanic *fijandz. Cognates Cognate with Scots fient (“fiend”), Saterland Frisian Fäind (“enemy, fiend, foe”), Cimbrian faint (“enemy, fiend”), Dutch vijand (“enemy”), German Feind (“enemy, fiend, foe”), Vilamovian faeind, fajnd (“enemy”), Yiddish פֿײַנד (faynd), פֿײַנט (faynt, “enemy”), Danish fjende (“adversary, enemy, foe”), Icelandic fjandi (“enemy; fiend, demon, devil”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish fiende (“enemy”), Old Norse fjándi (“enemy; devil…