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Webster 1913 Edition


Fiendly

Fiend′ly

,
Adj.
[AS.
feóndlic
.]
Fiendlike; monstrous; devilish.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

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fiendly

fiendly

English

Adjective

fiendly (comparative more fiendly, superlative most fiendly)

  1. (obsolete) Hostile.
  2. (now rare) Like a fiend; devilish.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter primum, in Le Morte Darthur, book XI:
      Soo whanne sir Laūcelot came thydder / he sawe wryten vpon the tombe letters of gold that said thus / Here shalle come a lybard of kynges blood / and he shalle slee this serpent / [] / Soo thenne sir launcelot lyfte vp the tombe / and there came out an horryble & a fyendly dragon spyttynge fyre oute of his mouthe