Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - fiend
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(fiends) 1. If you describe someone as a fiend, you mean that they are extremely wicked or cruel. (WRITTEN) A tearful husband repeated calls for help in catching the fiend who battered his wife. = monster N-COUNT 2. Fiend can be used after a noun to refer to a person who is very interested in the thing mentioned, and enjoys having a lot of it or doing it often. ...if you’re a heavy coffee drinker or strong-tea fiend. N-COUNT: n N ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fiend; akin to Old High German fiant enemy, Sanskrit piyati he reviles, blames Date: before 12th century 1. a. devil 1 b. demon c. a person of great wickedness or maliciousness 2. a person extremely devoted to a pursuit or study ; fanatic a golf ~ 3. addict 1 a dope ~ 4. wizard 3 a ~ at mathematics ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a an evil spirit, a demon. b (prec. by the) the Devil. 2 a a very wicked or cruel person. b a person causing mischief or annoyance. 3 (with a qualifying word) sl. a devotee or addict (a fitness fiend). 4 something difficult or unpleasant. Derivatives fiendish adj. fiendishly adv. fiendishness n. fiendlike adj. Etymology: OE feond f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. дьявол, враг рода человеческого 2. злой дух, демон 3. злодей, изверг; дьявол, монстр 4. разг. раб привычки drug —- (ам. dope) fiend наркоман cigarette fiend —- заядлый курильщик 5. энтузиаст (чего-л.) fresh-air fiend —- любитель свежего воздуха golf fiend —- страстный любитель гольфа autograph fiend —- усердный собиратель автографов 6. знаток he's a fiend at mathematics —- он в математике собаку съел ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) дьявол; демон 2) злодей, изверг - very fiend 3) coll. человек, пристрастившийся к вредной привычке - drug fiend - dope fiend - fresh-air fiend 4) coll. человек, отличающийся редкой целеустремленностью ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. feond "enemy, foe," originally prp. of feogan "to hate," from P.Gmc. *fijжjan. As spelling suggests, it was originally the opposite of friend, but the word began to be used in O.E. for "Satan" (as the "enemy of mankind"), which shifted its sense to "diabolical person." The old sense of the word devolved to foe, then to the borrowed enemy. For spelling with -ie- see field. Meaning "devotee (of whatever is indicated)," cf. dope fiend, is from 1865. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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