fiendy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English feendy, fendi, equivalent to fiend +‎ -y.

Adjective[edit]

fiendy (comparative fiendier or more fiendy, superlative fiendiest or most fiendy)

  1. Like a fiend; fiendish
    • 1915, Robert Grant, The High Priestess, page 375:
      He got so fiendy finally that Mrs. Ford — she's a dear if there ever was one — went up and put her arms around his neck, so as to stop him by a kiss.
    • 1969, Glendon Fred Swarthout, Kathryn Swarthout, The button boat, page 127:
      "But the fiendiest one of all," whispers his sweet companion, "is Boiler-Room Bessie."
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