| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | de·mon |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d  m n |
| NOUN: | 1. An evil supernatural being; a devil. 2. A persistently tormenting person, force, or passion: the demon of drug addiction. 3. One who is extremely zealous, skillful, or diligent: worked away like a demon; a real demon at math. 4. Variant of daimon. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Late Latin daem n, from Latin, spirit, from Greek daimn, divine power. See d - in Appendix I.
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