fiend : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fiend	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fiend
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fiend n a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre] an evil supernatural being Synonym(s): devil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimon a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill Synonym(s): fanatic, fiend
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fiend \Fiend\, n. [OE. fend, find, fiend, feond, fiend, foe, AS. fe[a2]nd; akin to OS. f[c6]ond, D. vijand enemy, OHG. f[c6]ant, G. feind, Icel. fj[be]nd, Sw. & Dan. fiende, Goth. fijands; orig. p. pr. of a verb meaning to hate, AS. fe[a2]n, fe[a2]gan, OHG. f[c6][?]n, Goth. fijan, Skr. p[c6]y to scorn; prob. akin to E. feud a quarrel. [fb]81. Cf. {Foe}, {Friend}.] An implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel; an infernal being; -- applied specifically to the devil or a demon. Into this wild abyss the wary fiend Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while. --Milton. O woman! woman! when to ill thy mind Is bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend. --Pope.