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fiendful

adj

Etymology

From fiend + -ful.

  1. derived from *peh₁-✻
  2. inherited from *fijandz✻
  3. inherited from *fijand✻
  4. inherited from fēond — “enemy”
  5. inherited from fend
  6. suffixed as fiendful — “fiend + ful”

Definitions

  1. Full of fiendish arts or spirit.

    • Fauſtus is gone, regard his helliſh fall, / Whoſe fiendful fortune may exhort the wiſe, / Onely to wonder at vnlawful things, […]

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