fiendship

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fiendship

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From Middle English feondscipe, from Old English fēondsċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic *fijandskapi, equivalent to fiend + -ship.

noun

  1. uncountable The state, quality, or condition of being a fiend. Nay, perhaps, mankind being possessed of a given quantity of devil, it is doubtful whether to check its fiendship in its straightforward course, but drives it to break out unnaturally in another place.

    Similar: fiendhood

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@misc{fiendship_2026,
  title = {fiendship},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fiendship},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}