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fiendly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fiend-ly
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Hostile.

Obsolete

adj

Like a fiend; devilish.

Archaic

Etymology

From Middle English fendly, feendly (“hostile, devilish”), from Old English fēondliċ (“hostile”), corresponding to fiend + -ly. Cognate with Dutch vijandelijk (“hostile”), German feindlich (“hostile”), Danish fjendtlig (“hostile”), Swedish fiendtlig, fientlig (“hostile”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more fiendly (comparative) most fiendly (superlative)

Derived Forms

fiendliness

Questions

What does fiendly mean?
Hostile.
Where does fiendly come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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