archfiend
/ˈɑɹt͡ʃ.find/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
noun
Example Sentences
- "So stretcht out huge in length the Arch-fiend lay Chain’d on the burning Lake,"
- "In disobedience to his God, Did man himself call down the rod? Or did th’ arch-fiend, from Heav’n that fell, Inspire the mischief to rebel?"
- "All, save I, were at rest or in enjoyment; I, like the arch fiend, bore a hell within me, and finding myself unsympathised with, wished to tear up the trees, spread havoc and destruction around me, and then to have sat down and enjoyed the ruin."
- "And then the subject became Religion, which was the Arch-fiend’s deadliest weapon. Government oppressed the body of the wage-slave, but Religion oppressed his mind […]"
- "These, it was believed, would prevent the Arch-fiend from entering the charmed ring and wreaking vengeance upon the sorcerers."
- "Of those [spirits] who rebelled some became devils, fiends or archfiends, according to the manifold proportions of their transgression."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɑɹt͡ʃ.find/
Inflected Forms
the archfiend (canonical)
archfiends (plural)