demon

Etymology 1
From, a borrowing from , , from. .

Noun

 * 1) An evil supernatural spirit.
 * 2) An evil spirit resident in or working for Hell; a devil.
 * 3)  A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity.
 * 4) A very wicked or malevolent person; also  a mischievous person, especially a child.
 * 5) A source (especially personified) of great evil or wickedness; a destructive feeling or character flaw.
 * 6)  A person's fears or anxieties.
 * 7) A neutral supernatural spirit.
 * 8) A person's inner spirit or genius; a guiding or creative impulse.
 * 9)  A tutelary deity or spirit intermediate between the major Olympian gods and mankind, especially a deified hero or the entity which supposedly guided  Socrates, telling him what not to do.
 * 10) A spirit not considered to be inherently evil; a (non-Christian) deity or supernatural being.
 * 11) A hypothetical entity with special abilities postulated for the sake of a thought experiment in philosophy or physics.
 * 12) * 1874,, “Kinetic Theory of the Dissipation of Energy” in Nature 9, 441-444:
 * "en"
 * 1)  A tutelary deity or spirit intermediate between the major Olympian gods and mankind, especially a deified hero or the entity which supposedly guided  Socrates, telling him what not to do.
 * 2) A spirit not considered to be inherently evil; a (non-Christian) deity or supernatural being.
 * 3) A hypothetical entity with special abilities postulated for the sake of a thought experiment in philosophy or physics.
 * 4) * 1874,, “Kinetic Theory of the Dissipation of Energy” in Nature 9, 441-444:
 * "en"

- 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.


 * 1) Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast.
 * 2)  A type of patience or solitaire (card game) played in the UK and/or US.
 * 3) Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera  and.
 * 1)  A type of patience or solitaire (card game) played in the UK and/or US.
 * 2) Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera  and.
 * 1) Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera  and.
 * 1) Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera  and.

Usage notes
Meanings drawing on the neutral, ancient Greek conception now often distinguish themselves by the variant spellings or.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:demon
 * ,, see also Thesaurus:god and Thesaurus:spirit

Hyponyms

 * See Thesaurus:demon
 * Maxwell's demon

Translations

 * Albanian:, djemën, ,
 * Amharic: ጋኔን
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: demoniu
 * Azerbaijani:, ,
 * Bashkir: шайтан, иблис
 * Belarusian: бес, дэ́ман, чорт
 * Bengali:, , ইবলিশ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chamicuro: pac̈hic̈hi, sojpayi
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Classical Nahuatl: tzitzimītl
 * Coptic:
 * Bohairic: ⲓϧ
 * Czech: ,
 * Dalmatian: demun
 * Danish: dæmon
 * Dutch:, , kwade geest
 * Dzongkha: བདུད, འདྲེ
 * Esperanto: demono
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, daimoni
 * Franco-Provençal: dèmon
 * French:
 * Galician:, demoño
 * Georgian: ავი სული, ეშმაკი, დემონი
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌷𐍃𐌻, 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌰, 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍉
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: δαίμων, δαιμόνιον
 * Hebrew: שד#Etymology 2
 * Hindi:, , , , , इब्लीस, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: deamhan
 * Old Irish: demon, demun
 * Istriot: damognio
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, , , ,
 * Kazakh: әзәзіл, жын, әбілет, ібіліс, иблис
 * Khmer:, , , , អសុរា
 * Korean: 데몬,, 요마,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: دێو
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Southern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:, демон, , ,
 * Lao: ຍັກ, ບໍຣະສາດ, ຜີ, ພາຽ, ຣັກຂະສະ, ສວງ, ສັກສາດ, ອະມະນຸດ, ອະສຸລະ, ປີສາດຮ້າຍ, ຜີປະກຳ, ຜີເສື້ອ
 * Latin:, larva
 * Latvian: dēmons,
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luxembourgish: Dämon
 * Macedonian: демон
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay:, , iblis
 * Maltese: xitan, mingħul
 * Manx: jouyl
 * Maore Comorian: djini
 * Maori: tipua, tupua
 * Moksha: демон
 * Mongolian: ,
 * Nahuatl: tzitzimitl
 * Navajo: chʼį́įdii
 * Ngarrindjeri: muldarpi
 * Ngazidja Comorian: djini
 * Norman: dêmon
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: demon
 * Nynorsk: demon
 * Occitan:
 * Ojibwe: maji-manidoo
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: бѣсъ
 * Glagolitic: ⰱⱑⱄⱏ
 * Old Czech: dehna
 * Old English: dēofol
 * Old Portuguese: demo, demonio, diaboo, diablo, diabre
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Brazilian:
 * European:
 * Punjabi: ਪਿਸ਼ਾਚ
 * Quechua:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit:, ,
 * Santali: ᱵᱷᱩᱛ
 * Scottish Gaelic: deamhan
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: демон
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: démon,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Sumerian: 𒀉𒉺
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tajik:, дев, иблис
 * Tatar:, ,
 * Thai:, , , , , , , ปีศาจร้าย, , ภูติผีปีศาจ, ภูตผีปิศาจ
 * Turkish: demon,, ,
 * Turkmen: şeýtan, iblis
 * Ukrainian:, де́мон, чорт
 * Urdu: دیو, شیطان,
 * Uyghur: شەيتان, ئىبلىس
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Vietnamese:,  (魔鬼), , ,  (惡鬼)
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: koarthakke
 * White Hmong: dab
 * Yiddish: נישט־גוטער, שד, קליפּה
 * Yoruba: eṣu, èṣù


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: დემონი, ეშმაკი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: δαίμων, δαιμόνιον
 * Haitian Creole: dyab
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, , ,
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Italian: Demonio
 * Japanese: ,
 * Moksha: демон
 * Ngazidja Comorian: djini
 * Old English: dēofol
 * Persian:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Brazilian:
 * European:
 * Romanian:, драк
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: deamhan
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Yiddish: שד


 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Russian:
 * Swahili:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Romanian: demon
 * Sanskrit:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu:
 * Yiddish: מזיק


 * Latin: (1, 2)
 * Marathi:

Noun

 * : A, a type of    associated with.

Etymology 3
From ; a derivation from “ and ” is generally considered a backronym.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) genius, lar
 * 2)  demon

Etymology
From, , from. .

Noun

 * , devil, malicious spirit
 * 1)  daimon, helpful spirit

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * a

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * a

Etymology
From, from , though the plural seems to be from , the plural of the diminutive.

Noun

 * 1) demon, devil
 * 2) the Devil
 * "sga"
 * "sga"

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Etymology
, from. .

Noun

 * 1)   daemon
 * 1)   daemon

Etymology
, from. Compare also 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  a despicable person
 * 1)  a despicable person

Etymology
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Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) a  (evil spirit)
 * 2)  a  (neutral spirit)
 * 3)  a  (personification of anxiety and the like)