单词 | diabolicalness |
释义 | diabolicalnessn. The quality or character of being diabolical (in various senses); devilishness; wickedness. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > diabolicalness > [noun] devilrya1400 devility1588 devilship1644 devilism1647 diabolicalness1652 diablerie1653 diabolism1660 deviltry1772 demonry1805 diabolicity1861 demonishnessa1930 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > devilish wickedness devilrya1400 devility1588 devilship1644 devilism1647 diabolicalness1652 diablerie1653 diabolism1660 deviltry1772 demonry1805 diabolicity1861 infernalism1864 demonishnessa1930 1652 W. Rowland Judiciall Astrol. 233 You may evidently perceive the diabolicalness of Judiciall Astrology and the abominable meaning of Judiciall Astrologicall influencies. 1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal iv. xi. 102 It is sufficient to evince the Diabolicalness of those seeming Miracles. 1747 J. Warton Ranelagh House 27 I wonder he did not change his Face as well as the rest of his body, but that still retains it's primitive Diabolicalness. 1791 N. Manners Attempt to illustrate Following Subj. (ed. 2) 117 If the degree of diabolicalness, in the disposition of some, make them differ from others, that may be cause of a different destination. 1859 N. Hall Two Serm. Slavery & Hero-victim 32 The diabolicalness of that ‘institution’, which demands..the death of the bravely true, the morally heroic. 1882 Chautauquan Nov. 118/1 An enthusiasm made up in large part of delusion and diabolicalness. 1918 Woman Citizen 3 Aug. 192/2 We burned for shame that ‘man’ should be the name given fiends of such diabolicalness. 1990 G. Stephenson Daybreak Boys viii. 135 With his pretentious name..and his casual diabolicalness, Oeuf represents at once an archetypal and a very contemporary villain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1652 |
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