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demon

noun
/ˈdiː.mən/

Etymology

From Middle English demon, a borrowing from Medieval Latin dēmōn, daemōn (“lar, familiar spirit, guardian spirit”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”). Displaced native Old English sċucca and Old English þyrs. Doublet of daimon.

  1. derived from δαίμων
  2. derived from dēmōn
  3. inherited from demon

Definitions

  1. An evil supernatural being.

  2. A neutral supernatural being.

    • Oh Anthony […] Thy Dæmon that thy spirit which keepes thee, is Noble, Couragious, high vnmatchable.
    • “You saw her. And I picked her up,” Lyra said, blushing, because of course it was a gross violation of manners to touch something so private as someone else's dæmon.

  3. Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.

    Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast.

    • He’s a demon at the card tables.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A type of patience or solitaire (card game) played in the UK and/or US.

      • ‘That's much the best feeling to have.’ She dealt out the first row of ‘demon’.

    2. Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Notocrypta and Udaspes.

    3. Acronym of distinct electron motion particle

      Acronym of distinct electron motion particle: a quasiparticle, a type of massless neutral electron excitation associated with superconductivity.

    4. Alternative spelling of daemon.

    5. Alternative letter-case form of demon (“card game”).

    6. A male given name from Ancient Greek.

      • Demon writes that Taurus, the chief captain of Minos, was slain by Theseus at the mouth of the port, in a naval combat as he was sailing out for Athens.

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Derived

bedemon, confront one's demons, dedemonization, demonagogue, demon catshark, demon core, Demoncrat, demon dialing, demon duck of doom, demoness, demonette, demon face syndrome, demon hunter, demon-hunter, demonic, demonical, demonify, demonisation, demonise, demonish, demonism, demonist, demonize, demonkin, demonkind, demonless, demonlike, demonlore, demonocracy, demonography, demonolatory, demonology, demonomachy, demonomancy, demonomaniac, demonomist, demonopathy, Demonrat, demonship, demonslayer · +12 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at demon. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at demon. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at demon

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA