brimstonyadj.
/ˈbrɪmstəni//ˈbrɪmstəʊni/ a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling brimstone.
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the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > sulphur > [adjective]
brimstony1382
sulphurous1530
brimstonish1562
sulphureous1626
hepatic1651
sulphurine1731
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [adjective] > going on fire > inflammable > as brimstone
brimstony1382
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Rev. ix. 17 Thei that saten on hem hadden fijry haberiouns, and iacynctines, and brunstony [1535 Coverd. of a yalowe and brymstony coloure].
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Helm.) (1495) xiii. i Yf þe grounde is brymstony, oþer of slyme.
1670 W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 96 The sulphurous and brimstony matter.
1830 G. P. R. James Darnley II. ix. 195 A sort of brimstony smell.
b. transferred and figurative. Sulphurous, fiery.
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the mind > emotion > passion > [adjective] > subject to passion or strong emotion
passionate?a1425
passionablec1475
vehementa1492
affectionate1534
red-hot1593
salamandry1610
hot-bloodeda1616
salamandrous1711
warm-blooded1831
passionful1842
brimstony1885
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective]
firenOE
fieryc1300
Phlegethontic1600
empyreal1601
ignic1612
ignean1635
Phlegethontala1649
igneous1664
igneal1669
vulcanic1687
brimstony1924
1885 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 22 That brimstony old reprobate next door.
1924 P. A. Scholes 1st Bk. Gramophone Rec. 93 The betrayer..came to a bad and brimstony end.
Derivatives
ˈbrimstoniness n.
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the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > sulphur > [noun] > sulphureousness
brimstoniness1398
sulphureity1612
sulphurity1650
sulphureousness1690
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > going or setting on fire > going on fire > liability to
brimstoniness1398
flammability1646
inflammability1646
sulphurity1650
catchingness1655
inflammableness1680
ignitability1809
accendibility1821
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vii. xxxv. 249 Glaysynesse and brenstonynesse and other suche.
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