English > daimon: 1 sense > noun 1, person Meaning | An evil supernatural being. |
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Synonyms | devil, fiend, demon, daemon |
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Narrower | dybbuk, dibbuk | (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior |
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incubus | A male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women |
succubus, succuba | A female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men |
Broader | evil spirit | A spirit tending to cause harm |
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Spanish | daimon, demonio, diablo, genio, mandinga |
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Catalan | daimon, diable, dimoni |
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