单词 | arch-enemy |
释义 | arch-enemyn. 1. A chief enemy. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > enemy > [noun] > deadly enemy > chief enemy arch-enemy1550 arch-foe1615 Great Satanc1820 1550 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Spyrytuall & Precyouse Pearle xxix. sig. Mijv He is the deadly archenmye of God, and of all mankynd. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 346 Vacuity that Arch-enemy of Nature. 1851 N. Hawthorne Twice-told Tales I. i. 17 Edward Randolph, our arch-enemy. 2. spec. The arch-fiend Satan. (Cf. quot. 1550 at sense 1.) ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun] > as enemy or fiend witherwinc897 fienda1000 our foe?c1225 adversary1340 enemyc1384 fedea1400 our ghostly enemy1447 our ghostly foea1529 arch-foe1615 arch-traitor1751 arch-enemy1850 1850 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art 430 The persecutions of the arch-enemy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1550 |
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