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devil
English
Alternative forms
- davil, debbil, deevil (pronunciation spelling)
- diuel, divel (dialectal or archaic)
- deuill, devel, devell, devill, diuell (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English devil, devel, deovel, from Old English d?ofol, d?oful, from earlier d?obul (“devil”), from Latin diabolus, ultimately from Ancient Greek ???????? (diábolos, “accuser, slanderer”), also as "Satan" (in Jewish/Christian usage, translating Biblical Hebrew ??????? (??t?n)), from ???????? (diabáll?, “to slander”), literally “to throw across”, from ??? (diá, “through, across”) + ????? (báll?, “throw”). The Old English word was probably adopted under influence of Latin diabolus (itself from the Greek). Other Germanic languages adopted the word independently: compare Saterland Frisian Düüwel (“devil”), West Frisian duvel (“devil”), Dutch duivel, duvel (“devil”), German Low German Düvel (“devil”), German Teufel (“devil”), Danish djævel (“devil”), Swedish djävul (“devil”) (older: djefvul, Old Swedish diævul, Old Norse dj?full). Doublet of diable, diablo, and diabolus.
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?v??l, IPA(key): /?d?v?l/
- (rare, dated) enPR: d?v?îl, IPA(key): /?d?v?l/
- Rhymes: -?v?l
Proper noun
the devil
- (theology) The chief devil; Satan.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Satan
- Antonym: God
Alternative forms
- Devil
Translations
Noun
devil (plural devils)
- (theology) An evil creature.
- Synonym: demon
- Antonyms: angel, god
- (folklore) A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior.
- The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
- Antonyms: angel, conscience
- A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
- Synonyms: imp, rascal, scamp, scoundrel
- Antonyms: angel, saint
- A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
- Synonyms: bastard, bitch, (UK) bugger, stinker
- Antonyms: (US) cakewalk, piece of cake
- (euphemistic, with an article, as an intensifier) Hell.
- Synonyms: (euphemistic) deuce, (euphemistic) dickens, (vulgar) fuck, heck, hell
- A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
- Synonyms: (UK) bugger, (used of a woman) cow, (UK) sod
- A dust devil.
- (religion, Christian Science) An evil or erring entity.
- (dialectal, in compounds) A barren, unproductive and unused area.
- (cooking) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
- A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
- A Tasmanian devil.
- (cycling, slang) An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
Derived terms
Related terms
- diabolo
- diablo
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: tewel
- ? Chuukese: tefin
Translations
Verb
devil (third-person singular simple present devils, present participle (US) deviling or devilling, simple past and past participle (US) deviled or devilled)
- To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
- To annoy or bother.
- Synonyms: bedevil; see also Thesaurus:annoy
- To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), page 401:
- He did not repeat the scathing estimate of her character by Quatrefages, who at that time spent one afternoon a week devilling at the Consulate, keeping the petty-cash box in order.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), page 401:
- To prepare (food) with spices, making it spicy:
- To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
- To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
- To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.
- To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
Usage notes
- UK usage doubles the l in the inflected forms "devilled" and "devilling"; US usage generally does not.
Derived terms
- deviled egg, devilled egg
- deviled ham, devilled ham
- devilled sausages
Translations
See also
- Al-Shaytaan
- angel
- daeva
- demon
- enemy
- ghoul
- jinn
- Lucifer
- nasnas
- Satan
Further reading
- devil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Anagrams
- divel, lived, vilde, viled
Middle English
Noun
devil
- Alternative form of devel
devil From the web:
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- what devil is makima
- what devil is in asta
- what devil fruit was on punk hazard
- what devil fruit would i have
- what demon does asta have
deoil
English
Etymology
de- +? oil
Verb
deoil (third-person singular simple present deoils, present participle deoiling, simple past and past participle deoiled)
- (transitive) To remove oil from (a material or surface).
Anagrams
- eolid, oiled, oldie
deoil From the web:
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