Definition of Daemon

1. Noun. An evil supernatural being.

Exact synonyms: Daimon, Demon, Devil, Fiend
Generic synonyms: Evil Spirit
Specialized synonyms: Incubus, Succuba, Succubus, Dibbuk, Dybbuk
Derivative terms: Demonize, Devilize

2. Noun. A person who is part mortal and part god.
Exact synonyms: Demigod
Generic synonyms: Deity, Divinity, God, Immortal
Specialized synonyms: Adonis

Definition of Daemon

1. Noun. A demon. ¹

2. Noun. (Greek mythology) A lesser deity between men and gods. ¹

3. Noun. One's inner spirit or daimon. ¹

4. Noun. (computing Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Daemon

1. demon [n -S or -ES] - See also: demon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Daemon

dadoing
dados
dadrock
dads
dadsonite
dae
daedal
daedalean
daedalian
daedalic
daedally
daedalous
daedalum
daedatelum
daeing
daemon (current term)
daemones
daemonic
daemonical
daemonize
daemonized
daemonizes
daemonizing
daemonomancy
daemons
daes
daeva
daevas
dafachronic
dafachronic acid

Literary usage of Daemon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by George Lyman Kittredge (1892)
"Not yet 243 JAMES HARRIS (THE daemon LOVER) A. A Warning for Married Women, ... The daemon Lover ' was first published in Scott's Minstrelsy, 5th edition, ..."

2. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"Socrates professed to be always under the direction of such a daemon, who is alluded to very much by the ancients in their writings and on their medals; ..."

3. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1864)
"THE daemon LOYER. This ballad was communicated to Sir Walter Scott, (Minstrelsy, iii. 195,) by Mr. William Laidlaw, who took it down from recitation. ..."

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