Fiend
Definitions
Equivalents
Examples
“what God or Feend, or ſpirit of the earth, Or Monſter turned to a manly ſhape, Or of what mould or mettel he be made, […]”
“Be that word our sign⟳ of parting, bird or fiend!”
“We waited for our fiend to arrive⟳.”
“At the confirmation ceremony the bishop would lay⟳ his hands on the child and tie around its forehead a linen band […]. This was believed to strengthen him against the assaults of the fiend […]”
“dope fiend”
“He's been a jazz fiend since his teenage years.”
“Now the sign⟳ of the Lamb is a modern daub, not that which hung like⟳ a "banner on the outward wall," when the celebrated "cigar-fiend" used to haunt the hostelrie consuming incredible quantities of the best Havanas.”
“You could hear⟳ him putting away his crumby toilet articles and all, and opening the window. He was a fresh-air fiend.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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