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.