infernal
English
Etymology
From Middle French infernal, from Medieval Latin infernalis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin īnfernus, from īnferum (“netherworld, underworld, hell”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
Adjective
infernal (comparative more infernal, superlative most infernal)
- Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
- (by extension) Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
- Stygian, gloomy.
- Diabolical or fiendish.
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I, lines 34–36:
- Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile
- Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd
- The Mother of Mankind
- (Can we date this quote by Addison and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- the instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings
- (as an expletive, not vulgar) Very annoying; damned.
- 1905, Bram Stoker, The Man
- As I had to put up with the patronage and the lecturings, and the eyeglass of that infernal old woman, […]
- 1905, Bram Stoker, The Man
Antonyms
- (of or relating to hell): heavenly
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Noun
infernal (plural infernals)
- (obsolete) An inhabitant of the infernal regions.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Drayton to this entry?)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “infernal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin infernālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
infernal (feminine infernale, masculine plural infernaux, feminine plural infernales)
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Further reading
- “infernal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin infernālis
Adjective
infernal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular infernale)
- infernal (relating to hell)
Declension
Descendants
Portuguese
Adjective
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- (Christianity) hellish; infernal (from or relating to hell)
- diabolical; evil; infernal
Synonyms
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin infernalis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
infernal m or f (masculine and feminine plural infernales)
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