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Grammar : Noun
Spell : dee-muh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdi mən



Definition of daemon

Origin :
  • alternative spelling (in specialized senses) of demon (q.v.). Related: Daemonic.
  • As in phantasma : noun ghost
  • As in visitant : noun ghost
  • As in ghost : noun spirit of the dead
  • As in god : noun supernatural being worshipped by people
Example sentences :
  • "The daemon has been close to me too," said the son as he blew on the spark he had struck.
  • Extract from : « Serapis, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • Suddenly the moment had come when the daemon wakes and begins to range.
  • Extract from : « Trent's Last Case » by E.C. (Edmund Clerihew) Bentley
  • Guidance of Daemon does not interfere with responsibility, iii.
  • Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)
  • So that a man was to understand by Daemon, as well (sometimes) an Ague, as a Divell.
  • Extract from : « Leviathan » by Thomas Hobbes
  • Not even for that Divinity or Daemon for which we all immolate so much!
  • Extract from : « Coningsby » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • He presented the letter in silence, which the daemon dared not refuse.
  • Extract from : « Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Vol. II (of 3) » by Walter Scott
  • The daemon shall not choose us, but we shall choose our daemon.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 4, No. 23, September, 1859 » by Various
  • Daemon ab insidiis vulpeculae est similis, T. breides, stratagems, tricks; comp.
  • Extract from : « Selections from Early Middle English 1130-1250: Part II: Notes » by Various
  • Something within warned him, as the Daemon used to warn Socrates, that his errand would be bootless.
  • Extract from : « Hypatia » by Charles Kingsley
  • The daemon is half external fate—in the Greek sense, half individual temper.
  • Extract from : « Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies » by Philip H. Goepp

Synonyms for daemon

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