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When did the word fiend first take on the informal meaning of an enthusiastic devotee or hobbyist?

fiend

[feend] / find /




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“The fiend has no head,” Knight commented in his review.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 24, 2026

Parvizi, a proud Iranian and self-described "salt fiend," holds a degree in food anthropology — a major she essentially designed herself.

From Salon Dec. 10, 2024

But then suddenly, Graeme's efforts pay off as we sight a stonechat, the feathered fiend who had evaded us earlier, sitting happily atop a fence post.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2024

Ryker was a hockey fiend at about a year old, watching 6 a.m.

From Seattle Times Feb. 9, 2024

Of this he told his wife, and told how later he heard the choir of maddening Seirenes, coasted the Wandering Rocks, Kharybdis’ pool and the fiend Skylla who takes toll of men.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

I left the theater feeling giddily put through the wringer by its contrarian depictions of heroes and fiends.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 23, 2026

The good news for summer fiends: The region is expected to warm up next week on Thursday and Friday.

From Seattle Times May 31, 2024

Lillian and her late husband, Frank, were absolute fiends for efficiency.

From Scientific American Sep. 21, 2023

In 1999's "Cruel Intentions" Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe play the elegant, perilously bored fiends bent on sullying the reputations of Selma Blair and Reese Witherspoon, this time in Manhattan instead of Paris.

From Salon Nov. 6, 2022

“My dear Beatrice, we are not all such fresh-air fiends as you,” said Maxim.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier




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