单词 | fiendlike |
释义 | fiendlikeadj. a. Resembling a fiend. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > diabolicalness > [adjective] > in appearance fiendlikea1616 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > devilishly wicked devillyOE fiendenc1315 serpentinec1422 devilish?a1439 diabolic?1483 diabolical1546 satanical1548 satanic1556 serpent-likea1586 fiendlikea1616 serpentive1635 devilized1641 demoniacal1714 demoniac1784 diabolish1865 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. xi. 35 His Fiend-like Queene; Who..by selfe and violent hands, Tooke off her life. View more context for this quotation 1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry I. iv. 160 The last circumstance recalls a fiend-like appearance drawn by Shakespeare. b. Characteristic of a fiend. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > diabolicalness > [adjective] devillyOE fiendenc1315 serpentinec1422 devilish?a1439 diabolic?1483 feding1502 diabolical1546 satanic1556 demoniacal1565 serpent-likea1586 serpentive1635 devilized1641 fiendlike1716 diabolish1865 1716 N. Rowe Ode for New Year 19 Ev'ry Fiend and Fiend-like Form. 1804 J. Grahame Sabbath 591 Their little ones, Tremble beneath the white man's fiend-like frown! 1854 J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1855) I. viii. 150 With fiendlike ferocity they hurled themselves upon each other. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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