DAEMON

daemon, demigod

(noun) a person who is part mortal and part god

devil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimon

(noun) an evil supernatural being

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

daemon (plural daemons)

(uncommon) Alternative form of demon.

Etymology 2

Noun

daemon (plural daemons)

(computing, Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.

Usage notes

• (Unix): Often a daemon will be a server.

Anagrams

• Modane, Modena, moaned, modena, nomade

Source: Wiktionary


Dæ"mon, n., Dæ*mon"ic (, a.

Definition: See Demon, Demonic.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

15 April 2025

DOOMED

(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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