Amaimon
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Amaimon pl (plural only)
- A people of Papua New Guinea.
Proper noun
[edit]Amaimon
- The Papuan language spoken by these people.
- (rare) A devil, king of the eastern portion of Hell in medieval demonology.
- 1600, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, II, ii[1]:
- Amaimon sounds well; Lucifer well; Barbason well; yet they are devils' additions, the names of fiends.
See also
[edit]- Wiktionary’s coverage of Amaimon terms
Amaimon language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ethnologue entry for Amaimon, ali