Etymology

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Today it means: A Japanese evil spirit or demon. Full definition →

Japanese 鬼
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from鬼
  2. English todayoni

From Japanese 鬼 (oni).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.