archfiend
pronunciation
How to pronounce archfiend in British English:
UK ['ɑ:tʃfi:nd]
How to pronounce archfiend in American English:
US ['ɑtʃfind]
Word Origin
- archfiend (n.)
- 1667, from arch (adj.) + fiend (n.). Originally and typically Satan (arch-foe "Satan" is from 1610s). So stretcht out huge in length the Arch-fiend lay. ["Paradise Lost," 1667]