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daimon

Syllables: dai·mon/ˈdʌɪməʊn/US/ˈdaɪˌmoʊn/

daimon noun: synonym of demon, particularly as.

daimon: synonym of demon, particularly as
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Noun

daimon (plural daimons or daimones)

  1. Synonym of demon, particularly as
    • Love, as we know it in the book, is a daimon which possesses and undoes each of its victims.1983 August 13, John Rosario, “Illustrious Obscurity”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 5, page 16
    Synonyms:
    demon, particularly as
    1. (Greek) A tutelary deity or spirit that watches over a person or place.
      • All at once, my daimōn—that other Me over whom I button my waistcoat when I button it over my own person—put it into my head to look up the story of Madame Saqui.1890 January, Oliver Wendell Holmes [Sr.], “Over the Teacups”, in The Atlantic Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics, volume LXV, number CCCLXXXVII, Boston, Mass.; New York...
      • The object which first appears is adopted as the personal mystery, guardian spirit, or tutelary daimon of the entranced, and is never mentioned by him without first making a sacrifice.1891, W[alter] J[ames] Hoffman, The Mide’wiwin or “Grand Medicine Society” of the Ojibwa, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 163

Examples of daimon in a sentence

  • Marcus Aurelius is persuaded that God gives every man a special daimon as his guide – a belief which reappears in the Christian guardian angel.1945, Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy: And its Connection with Political and Social Circumstances from the Earliest Times...
  • He will release his pent-up rage and fear no evil, for his genius is with him, and his daimon bids him violate all the taboos of the literary marketplace.1960, Charles I. Glicksberg, “Norman Mailer: The Angry Young Novelist in America”, in Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature, volume...

Synonyms of daimon

Forms of daimon

pluraldaimons
pluraldaimones

Origin of daimon

A modern romanization of Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “the one who divides, dispenser, tutelary deity”), intended to distinguish its ancient Greek sense from later conceptions of demons. Compare Ancient Greek Λᾰκεδαίμων (Lăkedaímōn, “Laconian dispenser”).

Words formed from daimon

Questions about daimon

What does daimon mean?
Daimon means synonym of demon, particularly as.
How do you use daimon in a sentence?
Marcus Aurelius is persuaded that God gives every man a special daimon as his guide – a belief which reappears in the Christian guardian angel.
What part of speech is daimon?
Daimon is a noun.
How do you pronounce daimon?
Daimon is pronounced /ˈdʌɪməʊn/ (UK).
What is the plural of daimon?
The plural of daimon is daimons.

Words near daimon in the dictionary

  1. daimios
  2. daimioship
  3. daimioships
  4. Daimler
  5. Daimlers
  6. daimon
  7. daimones
  8. daimonia
  9. daimonian
  10. daimonians
  11. daimonic

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