English Explanatory Dictionary

fiendly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Hostile.
  2. Like a fiend; devilish.

Word forms

fiendly more fiendly most fiendly

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”).

Derived words

fiendliness
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