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/dˈimən/ Listen

noun

Demon n.

(Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology. "The demon kind is of an intermediate nature between the divine and the human."

One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the demon of Socrates. (Often written daemon)

An evil spirit; a devil. "That same demon that hath gulled thee thus."

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Etymology of 'Demon'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Demon" Quotes from Famous Books

... Disappointment now. A sterner form succeeds, with a brow of wrinkles, a look and gesture of iron authority; there is no name for him unless it be Fatality, an emblem of the evil influence that rules your fortunes; a demon to whom you subjected yourself by some error at the outset of life, and were bound his slave forever, by once obeying him. See! those fiendish lineaments graven on the darkness, the writhed lip of scorn, the mockery of that living eye, the pointed finger, touching the ...

— Initial Studies in American Letters • Henry A. Beers

... and I have been playing cards all night; we have only just stopped. I have been absolutely fleeced; that Barabanoff is a demon at cards. [In a tearful voice] Just listen to this: I had a heart and he [He turns to BORKIN, who jumps away from him] led a diamond, and I led a heart, and he led another diamond. Well, he didn't take the trick. [To LEBEDIEFF] We were playing three in clubs. I had the ace and queen, ...

— Ivanoff - A Play • Anton Checkov

... cut-throat. It did not shock Faustina, however. She listened with avidity. She co-operated with zeal. She suggested such modifications and improvements for securing the success of the conspiracy, and the safety of the conspirators, as only her woman's tact, inspired by the demon, could invent. ...

— Self-Raised • Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

... a demon face; He filled the night with ribald song; For many a league, in evil case, We danced our leaden feet along. And every rood, in that foul wine, I pledged his fate: he ...

— Successful Recitations • Various

... be a demon or an angel, and as the latter character suited her just now, Rosamond, on her return to her room, found her all ...

— Rosamond - or, The Youthful Error • Mary J. Holmes

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