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• fiendish — [[t]fi͟ːndɪʃ[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A fiendish plan, action, or device is very clever or imaginative. [INFORMAL] ...a fiendish plot. Syn: devilish Derived words: fiendishly ADV usu ADV adj This figure is reached by a fiendishly clever… …   English dictionary

• hellhound — noun Date: before 12th century 1. a dog represented in mythology as a guardian of the underworld 2. a fiendish person …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• hellhound — /hel hownd /, n. 1. a mythical watchdog of hell. 2. a fiendish person. [bef. 900; ME, OE helle hund; see HELL, HOUND1] * * * ▪ mythological creature       a dog represented in mythology (such as that of ancient Greece and Scandinavia) as standing …   Universalium

• hellhound — hell•hound [[t]ˈhɛlˌhaʊnd[/t]] n. 1) myt a mythical watchdog of the underworld, as Cerberus 2) a fiendish person • Etymology: bef. 900 …   From formal English to slang

• hellhound — /ˈhɛlhaʊnd/ (say helhownd) noun 1. a hound of hell; a demon. 2. a fiendish person. {Middle English hellehound, Old English hellehund hell s hound} …  

• hell-hound, you old —    In its occasional use as a vocative, ‘hell hound’ means something like ‘fiendish person’. When two old friends meet in Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis, ‘the two men shook hands a dozen times and, in the Western fashion, bumbled, “Well, well,… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• Mephistopheles — n. 1 an evil spirit to whom Faust, in the German legend, sold his soul. 2 a fiendish person. Derivatives: Mephistophelean adj. Mephistophelian adj. Etymology: G (16th c.), of unkn. orig …   Useful english dictionary

• hell|hound — «HEHL HOWND», noun. 1. a hound or dog of hell. 2. Greek and Roman Mythology. Cerberus, the watchdog of Hades. 3. a fiend or fiendish person. ╂[Old English helle hund dog of hell; (originally) Cerberus] …   Useful english dictionary

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• List of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition monsters — This literature related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. See also: List of Dungeons Dragons monsters Contents 1 TSR 2009 Monster Manual (1977 …   Wikipedia