Fiendling

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A miniature fiend; fiendkin.
  2. 2
    A subordinate or underling spirit; imp.

    "For should its faint pulsations cease Ere he had coated it with grease, His God would clutch it, and condemn The fiendling to eternal flame."

Example

More examples

"For should its faint pulsations cease Ere he had coated it with grease, His God would clutch it, and condemn The fiendling to eternal flame."

Etymology

From fiend + -ling.

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