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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

I’m proud to say that I’m a sour candy fiend.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2025

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

In the cool of the afternoon the fiend from hell specially sent to lovers arrived at Janie’s ear.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

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

The late Times movie critic Sheila Benson called the final film in the original trilogy “frankly irresistible” and heaped tons of praise on the furry fiends from the moon of Endor.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024

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

From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2023

Sixty years ago in March 1963, Alfred Hitchcock's classic horror movie "The Birds" introduced viewers to a small seaside town in California that is suddenly and inexplicably attacked by ferocious feathered fiends.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2023

“And have you ever met anyone who could break a stone bench with his fist? Or dispatch a dozen fiends using nothing but flesh and bone?”

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz


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