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dæmon

dæmon noun: dated spelling of daemon.

Noun

dæmon (plural dæmons)

  1. Dated spelling of daemon.
    • Edmund was almost as welcome to his brother, as Fanny to her aunt; but Mrs. Norris, instead of having comfort from either, was but the more irritated by the sight of the person whom, in the blindness of her anger, she could have charged as the dæmon of the piece.1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XVI, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 299
    • It was their opinion, and that of all similar sects, that cœlestial powers were often incarnate and came from time to time to rule the earth, dæmon kings whose conception and aphanism were alike miraculous.1829, Algernon Herbert, Nimrod, page 67

Forms of dæmon

pluraldæmons

Words formed from dæmon

Questions about dæmon

What does dæmon mean?
Dæmon means dated spelling of daemon.
What part of speech is dæmon?
Dæmon is a noun.
What is the plural of dæmon?
The plural of dæmon is dæmons.

Words near dæmon in the dictionary

  1. Dârlos
  2. Dârmănești
  3. Däniken
  4. Därligen
  5. dædal
  6. dæmon
  7. dæmoniac
  8. dæmoniacal
  9. dæmonic
  10. dæmonical
  11. dæmonism

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