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daemon¹
- /ˈdiː.mən/ US, UK
Rhymes with -iːmən
Where it comes from
A borrowing of Latin daemōn (“tutelary deity”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, tutelary deity”).
noun daemons · daemones
- A minor deity or divinity. 2018, Carolyn Graves-Brown, Daemons and Spirits in Ancient Egypt, University of Wales Press, page 46, On some apotropaic wands the hippopotamus daemon bites or devours a person.⁸⁸ On a well-known New Kingdom papyrus, Taweret, who is named, is listed amongst evil daemons.
- A muse, a personified source of inspiration, especially one that also causes anguish. That is why those of exceptionally "daemonic temperament", those who cannot early and thoroughly subdue the daemon within them, are racked by disquietude. Ever and again the daemon snatches the helm from their control and steers them (helpless as straws in the blast) into the heart of the storm, per
- An idea depicted as an entity.
- Archaic spelling of demon
daemon²
- /ˈdiːmən/
- /ˈdeɪmən/
Rhymes with -iːmən, -eɪmən
Where it comes from
A reference to Maxwell's demon. The putative derivation from "disk and execution monitor" is generally considered a backronym.
noun daemons · dæmon · daimon · demon
- A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.
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Talk about this word "daemon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/daemon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. daemon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/daemon "daemon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/daemon.Cite this
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title = {daemon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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