daemon

[ dee-muh n ]

Synonyms for daemon

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Antonyms for daemon

noun. spirit of the dead

noun. supernatural being worshipped by people

Word Origin & History

alternative spelling (in specialized senses) of demon (q.v.). Related: Daemonic.

"The daemon has been close to me too," said the son as he blew on the spark he had struck.

Suddenly the moment had come when the daemon wakes and begins to range.

Guidance of Daemon does not interfere with responsibility, iii.

So that a man was to understand by Daemon, as well (sometimes) an Ague, as a Divell.

Not even for that Divinity or Daemon for which we all immolate so much!

He presented the letter in silence, which the daemon dared not refuse.

The daemon shall not choose us, but we shall choose our daemon.

Daemon ab insidiis vulpeculae est similis, T. breides, stratagems, tricks; comp.

Something within warned him, as the Daemon used to warn Socrates, that his errand would be bootless.

The daemon is half external fate—in the Greek sense, half individual temper.