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daemon

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dae·mon  (dmn)
n.
1. Chiefly British Variant of demon.
2. Variant of daimon.
3. Computer Science A program or process that sits idly in the background until it is invoked to perform its task.
daemon [ˈdiːmən], daimon
n
1. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) a demigod
2. the guardian spirit of a place or person
3. a variant spelling of demon [3]
daemonic  [diːˈmɒnɪk] adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.daemondaemon - an evil supernatural being          
daimon, demon, devil, fiend
evil spirit - a spirit tending to cause harm
incubus - a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
succuba, succubus - a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men
dibbuk, dybbuk - (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior
2.daemon - a person who is part mortal and part god
demigod
deity, divinity, god, immortal - any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
Adonis - (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone; "when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite"
Translations
daemon [ˈdiːmən] N → demonio m


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I, who would undergo all the plagues and miseries which any daemon ever invented for mankind, to procure her any good; nay, torture itself could not be misery to me, did I but know that she was happy.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
A flash of lightning illuminated the object, and discovered its shape plainly to me; its gigantic stature, and the deformity of its aspect more hideous than belongs to humanity, instantly informed me that it was the wretch, the filthy daemon, to whom I had given life.
Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary View in context
Norris, instead of having comfort from either, was but the more irritated by the sight of the person whom, in the blindness of her anger, she could have charged as the daemon of the piece.
Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane View in context
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