demon

noun

1. An evil supernatural being.
2. (historical)An evil supernatural being.
3. An evil supernatural being.
4. An evil supernatural being.

   “The demon of stupidity haunts me whenever I open my mouth.”

5. (in-plural)An evil supernatural being.

   “After a short spell on an adult psychiatric ward, she decided to find her own way to deal with her demons.”

6. A neutral supernatural being.

   “Oh Anthony […] Thy Dæmon that thy spirit which keepes thee, is Noble, Couragious, high vnmatchable.”

   ““You saw her. And I picked her up,” Lyra said, blushing, because of course it was a gross violation of manners to touch something so private as someone else's dæmon.”

7. (Greek)A neutral supernatural being.
8. A neutral supernatural being.
9. A neutral supernatural being.

   “Let the orders now be that each demon is to stop all molecules from crossing his area in either direction except 100 coming from A, arbitrarily chosen to be let pass into B, and a greater number, having among them less energy but equal momentum, to cross from B to A.”

10. Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast.

    “He’s a demon at the card tables.”

    “Chelsea defended like demons to snuff out Manchester City but this was a perfectly calibrated triumph, built upon a structured attacking approach, choosing the right moments to transition, and illuminated by the smoothness of Havertz’s technique.”

11. A type of patience or solitaire (card game) played in the UK and/or US.

    “‘That's much the best feeling to have.’ She dealt out the first row of ‘demon’.”

12. Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Notocrypta and Udaspes.
13. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of distinct electron motion particle: a quasiparticle, a type of massless neutral electron excitation associated with superconductivity.
14. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of daemon.
15. (alt-of, uncountable)Alternative letter-case form of demon (“card game”).

name

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.

   “Demon writes that Taurus, the chief captain of Minos, was slain by Theseus at the mouth of the port, in a naval combat as he was sailing out for Athens.”