Amaimon

English

Noun

Amaimon pl (plural only)

  1. A people of Papua New Guinea.

Proper noun

Amaimon

  1. The Papuan language spoken by these people.
  2. (rare) A devil, king of the eastern portion of Hell in medieval demonology.
    • 1600, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, II, ii‎:
      Amaimon sounds well; Lucifer well; Barbason well; yet they are devils' additions, the names of fiends.

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