fiendling

noun — 2 senses

fiendling

noun

Etymology From fiend + -ling.

1

A miniature fiend; fiendkin.

2

A subordinate or underling spirit; imp.

  • For should its faint pulsations cease Ere he had coated it with grease, His God would clutch it, and condemn The fiendling to eternal flame.1880, George Marshall Sloan, The telephone of labor - Page 114:

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