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Vinony

infernal

adjective

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noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɜː(ɹ)nəl/ / /ɪnˈfɝnəl/

adj

Etymology: From Middle French infernal, from Medieval Latin infernalis, from Latin īnfernus, from īnferum (“netherworld, underworld, hell”), equivalent to inferno + -al.

  1. Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.

    “He proffered a pact to Satan, calling upon the Fiend and working himself into a frenzy - but his infernal majesty failed to respond.”

  2. Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
  3. Stygian, gloomy.
  4. Diabolical or fiendish.

    “Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd The Mother of Mankind”

    “the instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings”

  5. Very annoying; damned.

    “As I had to put up with the patronage and the lecturings, and the eyeglass of that infernal old woman, […]”

    “When are you ever going to learn to mind your own infernal business?”

noun

Etymology: From Middle French infernal, from Medieval Latin infernalis, from Latin īnfernus, from īnferum (“netherworld, underworld, hell”), equivalent to inferno + -al.

  1. An inhabitant of the infernal regions, a demon.