英语词汇fiend的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	fiend
词源	fiend. The Anglo-Saxon ancestor of fiend, feond, simply meant “enemy.” However, one meaning of enemy was “Satan” and fiend took on this stronger meaning, too, over the years, fi- nally being used to describe any diabolically cruel or wicked person.
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