Fiendship
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Synonyms
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More examples"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.