demon
demon [demon demons] BrE [ˈdiːmən] NAmE [ˈdiːmən] noun
1. an evil spirit
•demons torturing the sinners in Hell
2. (informal)a person who does sth very well or with a lot of energy
•He skis like a demon.
•He's a demon: he gets up early, he works out, he goes home early, he studies, he works out again…
3. something that causes a person to worry and makes them unhappy
•the demons of jealousy
Idiom: ↑demon drink
Word Origin:
Middle English: from medieval Latin, from Latin daemon, from Greek daimōn ‘deity, genius’; in sense 1 also from Latin daemonium ‘lesser or evil spirit’, from Greek daemonion, diminutive of daimōn.
Example Bank:
•He is plagued by demons which go back to his traumatic childhood.
•She's had to battle her personal demons throughout her adult life.
•The people believed the girl was possessed by demons.
•an ancient ritual to exorcise demons
•tales of travellers attacked by evil demons
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