infernal

Definition

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

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

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

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