† Acheronticaladj.
Obsolete. rare.
= Acherontic adj.
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nethereOE
hellena1225
infernalc1374
infern?a1513
hellish1530
helly1532
Avernal?1548
hellic1566
subterrestrial1592
Plutonic1596
Acherontic1597
Plutonical1599
Stygian1601
subterranean1603
Plutonian1604
Acherontical1610
subterraneous1631
subterraneal1643
Tophetical1684
pandemoniac1793
submundane1805
subterrene1809
netherworld1828
pandemonic1833
Acheronian1849
transacherontic1854
Avernian1864
trans-Stygian1899
1610 T. Morton Encounter against M. Parsons To Prince of Wales sig. *3v That Acheronticall Powder-plot, the very belch of Belzebub.
1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie 270 Our Acherontical powder treason for the heinousness thereof will seem incredible in all ages to come.
1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον 12 The three Acheronticall Haggs, Alecto, Megera, and Tysophone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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adj.1610- for why that
- for wilnesful
- for wood
- for world
- for worship
- for wreak of
- for year and year
- for year into year
- for yonks
- for yore
- for your behalf
- for your ears only
- for your eyes only
- for þan
- for'ard on!
- for, , of, to a certainty
- for, , of, to certainty
- for, at obs, of, to a certainty
- for, at obs, of, to certainty
- for, before, fore george
- for, in ensample
- for, in, of, to a certainty
- for, in, of, to certainty
- for, in, on a little stound
- for, in, on a stound