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{
"derived": [
{
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"word": "archfiend"
},
{
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"word": "dope fiend"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "drug fiend"
},
{
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"word": "fienddom"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fiendess"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fiendette"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fiendful"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fiendhood"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fiendish"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fiendkin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fiendlike"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fiendling"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fiendly"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fiendness"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fiendship"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lubber fiend"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*peh₁-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "feend"
},
"expansion": "Middle English feend",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "fend",
"3": "fēnd"
},
"expansion": "fēnd",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "fiend"
},
"expansion": "fiend",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "feond"
},
"expansion": "feond",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "viend"
},
"expansion": "viend",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "veond",
"t": "enemy; demon"
},
"expansion": "veond (“enemy; demon”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "fēond",
"t": "enemy"
},
"expansion": "Old English fēond (“enemy”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*fijandz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fijandz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "fjándi"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse fjándi",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "fjandi"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic fjandi",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "fjende"
},
"expansion": "Danish fjende",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "fiende"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian fiende",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "fiende"
},
"expansion": "Swedish fiende",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "fijân"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian fijân",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Feend"
},
"expansion": "Low German Feend",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Fiend"
},
"expansion": "Fiend",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "vijand"
},
"expansion": "Dutch vijand",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Feind"
},
"expansion": "German Feind",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (fijands)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "foe"
},
"expansion": "foe",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "fjá"
},
"expansion": "fjá",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽",
"3": "",
"4": "to hate"
},
"expansion": "𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fijan, “to hate”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*peh₁-",
"4": "",
"5": "to hate"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "पीयति",
"3": "",
"4": "(he) reviles",
"tr": "pī́yati"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit पीयति (pī́yati, “(he) reviles”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English feend, fēnd, fiend, feond, viend, veond (“enemy; demon”), from Old English fēond (“enemy”), from Proto-Germanic *fijandz.\nCompare Old Norse fjándi (Icelandic fjandi, Danish fjende, Norwegian fiende, Swedish fiende, West Frisian fijân, Low German Feend, Fiend, Dutch vijand, German Feind, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (fijands)), with all of them meaning foe. The Old Norse and Gothic terms are present participles of the corresponding verbs fjá/𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fijan, “to hate”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate”) (compare Sanskrit पीयति (pī́yati, “(he) reviles”)).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "fiends",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "fiend (plural fiends)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit."
],
"id": "en-fiend-en-noun-hLCDwWET",
"links": [
[
"devil",
"devil"
],
[
"demon",
"demon"
],
[
"malignant",
"malignant"
],
[
"diabolical",
"diabolical"
],
[
"evil",
"evil"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "monster"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "demon",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "демон"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "demon",
"word": "dimoni"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "demon",
"word": "diable"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "demon",
"word": "惡魔"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "èmó",
"sense": "demon",
"word": "恶魔"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ďábel"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "démon"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "demon",
"word": "zlý duch"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "djævel"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dæmon"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "demon",
"word": "demono"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "demon",
"word": "demoni"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "demon",
"word": "paholainen"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "demon",
"word": "pahahenki"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "démon"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "demo"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diaño"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "perete"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "perello"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cachan"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tueiro"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "déngaro"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "xúncaras"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Dämon"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Dämonin"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "böser Geist"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "Daímon",
"sense": "demon",
"word": "Δαίμων"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "demon",
"word": "שטן"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "demon",
"word": "demonio"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "akuma",
"sense": "demon",
"word": "悪魔"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "daemon"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "demon",
"word": "tupua"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "demon"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diabeł"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "czart"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "demónio"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"masculine"
],
"word": "demônio"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diabo"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "démon",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "де́мон"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "demon",
"word": "демон"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "demon",
"word": "demon"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diablo"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diablillo"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 0 0 24 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "demonio"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A very evil person."
],
"id": "en-fiend-en-noun-3aCunhiU",
"links": [
[
"evil",
"evil"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "monster"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "al-ʔaladdu l-ḵaṣim",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "الْأَلَدُّ الْخَصِم"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zlodej",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "злодей"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "very evil person",
"word": "惡魔般的人"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "èmóbānderén",
"sense": "very evil person",
"word": "恶魔般的人"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zloduch"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "djævel"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "very evil person",
"word": "demono"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "very evil person",
"word": "diablo"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "very evil person",
"word": "monstro"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "very evil person",
"word": "senkompatulo"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very evil person",
"word": "peto"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very evil person",
"word": "riiviö"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "monstre"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "démon"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "catralvo"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "corrupio"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ruin"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prepia"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tarulán"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pilitrón"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fandelo"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "camanduleiro"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "morgaña"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "avol"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Teufel"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Monster"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Ungeheuer"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "very evil person",
"word": "שטני"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "very evil person",
"word": "gonosz lélek"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very evil person",
"word": "demonio"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "akuma",
"sense": "very evil person",
"word": "悪魔"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "demónio"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"masculine"
],
"word": "demônio"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diabo"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zlodéj",
"sense": "very evil person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "злоде́й"
},
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "et",
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "hu",
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