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archfiend
arch·fiend
/
ˈɑrtʃˈfind
/
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[
ahrch
-
feend
]
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noun
1.
a chief
fiend
.
2.
Satan
.
Origin:
1660–70;
arch-
1
+
fiend
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archfiend
(ˌɑːtʃˈfiːnd)
—
n
(
often capital
)
the archfiend
the chief of fiends or devils; Satan
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
archfiend
1667, from
arch
(adj.) +
fiend
. Originally and typically Satan (cf. arch-foe "satan," 1610s).
"So stretcht out huge in length the Arch-fiend lay." ["Paradise Lost," 1667]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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