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brimstony, a.|ˈbrɪmstənɪ, -nɪ|
[f. brimstone + -y1.]
a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling brimstone.
1382Wyclif Rev. ix. 17 Thei that saten on hem hadden fijry haberiouns, and iacynctines, and brunstony [1535 Coverd. of a yalowe and brymstony coloure]. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. (Helmingham MS.) xiii. i, Yf þe grounde is brymstony, oþer of slyme. 1670W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 96 The sulphurous and brimstony matter. 1830James Darnley xxii. 98/2 A sort of brimstony smell.
b. transf. and fig. Sulphurous, fiery.
1885Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 22 That brimstony old reprobate next door. 1924Scholes 1st Bk. Gramophone Rec. 93 The betrayer..came to a bad and brimstony end.
Hence ˈbrimstoniness.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. xxxv. (1495) 249 Glaysynesse and brenstonynesse and other suche. |