fiend
noun/find/
Frequency rank: #11,725 most common English word
Meaning
a person who is extremely enthusiastic or obsessed with something; also, an evil or cruel person.
Example sentence
Everyone at school knew that Marcus was fiend when it came to solving puzzles.
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