daemon

Meaning

  1. A minor deity or divinity.
  2. A muse, a personified source of inspiration, especially one that also causes anguish.
  3. An idea depicted as an entity.
  4. (Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative, uncommon) Alternative spelling of demon.

Frequency

45k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdiː.mən/
Etymology

A borrowing of Latin daemōn (“tutelary deity”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, tutelary deity”).

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