DEMON
What does "DEMON" mean?
An evil spirit or supernatural being, especially one regarded as harmful or tormenting.
Meanings
- A malevolent supernatural being or evil spirit. In the legend, a demon guarded the gate to the underworld.
- A persistent inner torment, addiction, or destructive impulse. He spent years wrestling with his demons before finding peace. figurative
- A person of great energy, skill, or ferocity at something. She's a demon for detail and never misses a typo. informal
Did you know?
- The word 'demon' started out kindly: the Greek 'daimon' meant a guardian or guiding spirit - Socrates claimed one warned him away from mistakes - and only later writers turned it into something evil.
Word origin
From Greek 'daimon' 'divine power, spirit, lesser deity', a neutral or even benign term; early Christian writers narrowed it to mean an evil spirit, the sense English inherited via Latin 'daemon'.
Remember it
DEMON keeps the 'demo' of the Greek 'daimon' - once a spirit, later a fiend.
A little poem
It wore a halo once, this word,
a whispering guide at the inner door-
then someone shut it, and it roared.
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Wordplay
- My background process and my inner torment have the same name - one's a daemon, one's a demon, and both keep me up at night.
What it teaches
The demons we name and face shrink; the ones we deny do the haunting.
Quick facts
What does DEMON mean?
An evil spirit or supernatural being, especially one regarded as harmful or tormenting.
Is DEMON a valid word?
Yes — DEMON is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DEMON?
DEMON has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does DEMON come from?
From Greek 'daimon' 'divine power, spirit, lesser deity', a neutral or even benign term; early Christian writers narrowed it to mean an evil spirit, the sense English inherited via Latin 'daemon'.
What can DEMON teach us?
The demons we name and face shrink; the ones we deny do the haunting.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.