malebolgen.

Brit.

/malᵻˈbɒldʒ/, U.S.

/mæləˈbɑldʒ/

Forms: 1800s– malebolge, 1800s– malebolgia.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian Malebolge.

Etymology: < Italian Malebolge, the name given by Dante ( Inferno xviii) to the eighth circle of Hell, consisting of ten rock-bound concentric circular valleys, plural of malebolgia (hence the form in quot. 1884 at main sense) < malo evil ( < classical Latin malus : see mal- prefix) + bolgia valley, bag ( < Old French bouge bouge n.¹; see Benvenuto da Imola in P. Toynbee Dict. Works of Dante (rev. ed. 1968) 415/2, ‘Bulgia enim in vulgari florentino est idem quod vallis concava et capax’).

literary.

A pool of filth; a hellish place or condition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > [noun] > confused or turbulent place

malebolge1861

1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. vii. 250 The malebolge of stock-brick and cement in which we have been so long wandering.

1884 Q. Rev. Apr. 350 We..look down into a boiling malebolgia of steam and sulphur.

1894 Scotsman 12 July The channels that feed this devouring malebolge are the newspapers and the telegraph offices.

1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Mar. 270/3 What a malebolge human beings live.

1984 ‘Tiresias’ Notes from Overground 61 An infernal malebolge... A pure ordeal, undisguised by any trappings of luxury.

Derivatives

maleˈbolgian adj. of or resembling a malebolge.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > [adjective] > of or resembling a confused turbulent place

malebolgian1883

malebolgic1883

1883 Harper's Mag. June 121/1 I confess having felt a..reluctance to immerse myself in this malebolgian mass of peat mud.

maleˈbolgic adj. = malebolgian adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > [adjective] > of or resembling a confused turbulent place

malebolgian1883

malebolgic1883

1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Oct. 1/2 This Malebolgic pool of London's misery.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	malebolge
释义	malebolgen. Brit. /malᵻˈbɒldʒ/, U.S. /mæləˈbɑldʒ/ Forms: 1800s– malebolge, 1800s– malebolgia. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian Malebolge. Etymology: < Italian Malebolge, the name given by Dante ( Inferno xviii) to the eighth circle of Hell, consisting of ten rock-bound concentric circular valleys, plural of malebolgia (hence the form in quot. 1884 at main sense) < malo evil ( < classical Latin malus : see mal- prefix) + bolgia valley, bag ( < Old French bouge bouge n.¹; see Benvenuto da Imola in P. Toynbee Dict. Works of Dante (rev. ed. 1968) 415/2, ‘Bulgia enim in vulgari florentino est idem quod vallis concava et capax’). literary. A pool of filth; a hellish place or condition. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > [noun] > confused or turbulent place malebolge1861 1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. vii. 250 The malebolge of stock-brick and cement in which we have been so long wandering. 1884 Q. Rev. Apr. 350 We..look down into a boiling malebolgia of steam and sulphur. 1894 Scotsman 12 July The channels that feed this devouring malebolge are the newspapers and the telegraph offices. 1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Mar. 270/3 What a malebolge human beings live. 1984 ‘Tiresias’ Notes from Overground 61 An infernal malebolge... A pure ordeal, undisguised by any trappings of luxury. Derivatives maleˈbolgian adj. of or resembling a malebolge. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > [adjective] > of or resembling a confused turbulent place malebolgian1883 malebolgic1883 1883 Harper's Mag. June 121/1 I confess having felt a..reluctance to immerse myself in this malebolgian mass of peat mud. maleˈbolgic adj. = malebolgian adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > [adjective] > of or resembling a confused turbulent place malebolgian1883 malebolgic1883 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Oct. 1/2 This Malebolgic pool of London's misery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1861
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