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daemon
[ dee-muhn ]
noun
- Classical Mythology.
- a god.
- a subordinate deity, as the genius of a place or a person's attendant spirit.
- a demon.
daemon
/ ˈdiːmən; diːˈmɒnɪk /
noun
- a demigod
- the guardian spirit of a place or person
- a variant spelling of demon
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Derived Forms
- daemonic, adjective
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Other Word Forms
- 岹·Dz· [dih-, mon, -ik], 岹·Dz··پ [dee-m, uh, -, nis, -tik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of daemon1
< Latin 岹ō a spirit, an evil spirit < Greek 岹íō a deity, fate, fortune; compare 岹íٳ to distribute
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Beyond the world of Dust and daemons, this book has been influenced by real-life global events, including the rise of tech billionaires, Pullman revealed.
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Others cite the ancient Greek myth of Lamia, a blood-lusting daemon who also fed off children.
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The BBC, by contrast, is seeing the epic drama through from the opening glass of tokay to the concluding moment, when Lyra's daemon mutates into a pine marten.
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At the same event, actor Scott said he and Waller-Bridge were together once more, with the UK actress voicing the Irishman's daemon.
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“ do you think your daemon would be?”
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