demon
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: card-games
games
human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English demon, a borrowing from Medieval Latin dēmōn, daemōn (“lar, familiar spirit, guardian spirit”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”). Displaced native Old English sċucca and Old English þyrs. Doublet of daimon.
Inflected forms:
form: demons
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: daimon
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: daemon
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: dæmon
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: An evil supernatural being.
pos: noun
examples: So what does the Gospel of Judas really say? It says that Judas is a specific demon called the "Thirteenth." In certain Gnostic traditions, this is the given name of the king of demons - an entity known as Ialdabaoth who lives in the 13th realm above the earth. Judas is his human alter ego, his undercover agent in the world. These Gnostics equated Ialdabaoth with the Hebrew Yahweh, whom they saw as a jealous and wrathful deity and an opponent of the supreme God whom Jesus came to earth to reveal.
Whoever wrote the Gospel of Judas was a harsh critic of mainstream Christianity and its rituals. Because Judas is a demon working for Ialdabaoth, the author believed, when Judas sacrifices Jesus he does so to the demons, not to the supreme God. This mocks mainstream Christians' belief in the atoning value of Jesus' death and in the effectiveness of the Eucharist.
gloss: An evil supernatural being.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: An evil supernatural being.
pos: noun
gloss: An evil supernatural being.
pos: noun
examples: The demon of stupidity haunts me whenever I open my mouth.
gloss: An evil supernatural being.
pos: noun
tags: in-plural
examples: After a short spell on an adult psychiatric ward, she decided to find her own way to deal with her demons.
gloss: A neutral supernatural being.
pos: noun
examples: Oh Anthony […] Thy Dæmon that thy spirit which keepes thee, is Noble, Couragious, high vnmatchable.
“You saw her. And I picked her up,” Lyra said, blushing, because of course it was a gross violation of manners to touch something so private as someone else's dæmon.
gloss: A neutral supernatural being.
pos: noun
tags: Greek
gloss: A neutral supernatural being.
pos: noun
gloss: A neutral supernatural being.
pos: noun
examples: Let the orders now be that each demon is to stop all molecules from crossing his area in either direction except 100 coming from A, arbitrarily chosen to be let pass into B, and a greater number, having among them less energy but equal momentum, to cross from B to A.
gloss: Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast.
pos: noun
examples: He’s a demon at the card tables.
Chelsea defended like demons to snuff out Manchester City but this was a perfectly calibrated triumph, built upon a structured attacking approach, choosing the right moments to transition, and illuminated by the smoothness of Havertz’s technique.
gloss: A type of patience or solitaire (card game) played in the UK and/or US.
pos: noun
examples: ‘That's much the best feeling to have.’ She dealt out the first row of ‘demon’.
gloss: Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Notocrypta and Udaspes.
pos: noun
Synonyms: genius
tutelary deity
barghest
bogie
bogeyman
boggard
bogle
cacodemon
daeva
devil
evil genius
fiend
flibbertigibbet
ghoul
goblin
imp
kobold
nis
spook
troll
Related words: agathodemon
antidemonic
archdemon
cacodemon
counterdemonic
demonagogue
Demon core
demon dialing
demoness
demonette
demonhood
demoniacally
demoniac
demoniacal
demonianism
demonian
demonically
demonic
demonical
demonifuge
demonify
demonish
demonism
demonist
demonization
demonize
demonkin
demonkind
demonlike
demonlore
demonly
demonocracy
demonographer
demonography
demonolater
demonolatry
demonology
demonomagy
demonomancy
demonomania
demonomaniac
demonomist
demonomy
demonopathy
demonophobia
demonry
demonship
eudemon
half-demon
Maxwell's demon
nasal demon
speed demon
Derived words: bedemon
confront one's demons
dedemonization
demonagogue
demon catshark
demon core
Demoncrat
demon dialing
demon duck of doom
demoness
demonette
demon face syndrome
demon hunter
demon-hunter
demonic
demonical
demonify
demonisation
demonise
demonish
demonism
demonist
demonize
demonkin
demonkind
demonless
demonlike
demonlore
demonocracy
demonography
demonolatory
demonology
demonomachy
demonomancy
demonomaniac
demonomist
demonopathy
Demonrat
demonship
demonslayer
demonspawn
face one's demons
fur demon
half-demon
Laplace's demon
like a demon
nasal demon
nondemon
restricted demon
semen demon
she-demon
speed demon
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