fiendling

English

Etymology

From fiend +‎ -ling.

Noun

fiendling (plural fiendlings)

  1. A miniature fiend; fiendkin.
  2. A subordinate or underling spirit; imp.
    • 1880, George Marshall Sloan, The telephone of labor - Page 114:
      For should its faint pulsations cease Ere he had coated it with grease, His God would clutch it, and condemn The fiendling to eternal flame.
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