Fiendship

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state, quality, or condition of being a fiend. uncountable

    "Nay, perhaps, mankind being possessed of a given quantity of devil, it is doubtful whether to check its fiendship in its straightforward course, but drives it to break out unnaturally in another place."

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enmityfiendhood

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"Nay, perhaps, mankind being possessed of a given quantity of devil, it is doubtful whether to check its fiendship in its straightforward course, but drives it to break out unnaturally in another place."

Etymology

From Middle English feondscipe, from Old English fēondsċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic *fijandskapi, equivalent to fiend + -ship.

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