imp

A small, mischievous being. See also bottle imp.

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Milton calls the serpent "fittest imp of fraud." (Paradise Lost IX, 89.)

References

Sources

  • Bonnerjea, Biren. (1920). A Dictionary of Superstitions and Mythology. Thomson Gale.
  • Cobham Brewer, E. (2001). The Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Cassell reference.