"demon" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /dɛːˈmɔːn/ Forms: demones [plural]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin dēmōn, daemōn, from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn). Doublet of tyme (“time”). Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|ML.|dēmōn}} Medieval Latin dēmōn, {{m|la|daemōn}} daemōn, {{der|enm|grc|δαίμων}} Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn), {{doublet|enm|tyme|id1=time|t1=time}} Doublet of tyme (“time”) Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} demon, {{enm-noun|pl=demones}} demon (plural demones)
  1. demon, devil, malicious spirit
    Sense id: en-demon-enm-noun-lnviQpZe Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 51
  2. (rare) daimon, helpful spirit Tags: rare Categories (topical): Religion, Theology
    Sense id: en-demon-enm-noun-CMPb0ZW7 Disambiguation of Religion: 0 100 Disambiguation of Theology: 25 75 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 51

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for demon meaning in Middle English (2.8kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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