1. An evil supernatural being; a devil. 2. A persistently tormenting person, force, or passion: the demon of drug addiction.3. One who is extremely zealous, skillful, or diligent: worked away like a demon; a real demon at math.4. Variant of daimon.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Late Latin daemn, from Latin, spirit, from Greek daimn, divine power. See d- in Appendix I.
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n, from Latin, spirit, from Greek daim
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