archfiend

archfiend
archfiend (n.) 1667, from ARCH (Cf. arch) (adj.) + FIEND (Cf. fiend) (n.). Originally and typically Satan (Cf. arch-foe "Satan," 1610s).
So stretcht out huge in length the Arch-fiend lay. ["Paradise Lost," 1667]

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