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   Dev·il

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   noun

   • 1. (in Christian and Jewish belief) the chief evil spirit; Satan: "belief in the Devil"
   • ▪ an evil spirit; a demon: "casting out devils" Similar evil spiritdemonfiendimpbogieghostspecterinformal:spookarchaic:bugbearrare:cacodemon
   • ▪ a very wicked or cruel person: "they prefer voting for devils rather than for decent men" Similar brutebeastmonstersavagedemonfiendvillainsadistbarbarianterrorogreinformal:pigradgederogatory:bastarddogdirty dogderogatory, informal:swinevulgar slang:shit
   • ▪ a mischievously clever or self-willed person: "the cunning old devil is up to something"
   • ▪ fighting spirit; wildness: "he was dangerous when the devil was in him"
   • ▪ a thing that is very difficult or awkward to do or deal with: "it's going to be the very devil to disentangle"
   • 2. a person with specified characteristics: informal "a lucky devil" Similar wretchunfortunatecreaturesoulpersonfellowinformal:thingbeggarbastardvulgar slang:sodbugger
   • 3. expressing surprise or annoyance in various questions or exclamations: "“Where the devil is he?”"
   • 4. an instrument or machine fitted with sharp teeth or spikes, used for tearing or other destructive work.
   • 5. a junior assistant of a lawyer or other professional. informal, dated

   verb

   • 1. act as a junior assistant for a lawyer or other professional: informal, dated "there is the possibility of devilling for fellow members of the Bar"
   • 2. harass or worry (someone): North American "he was deviled by a new-found fear"

   Word Origin Old Englishdēofol (related to Dutch duivel and German Teufel), via late Latin from Greek diabolos ‘accuser, slanderer’ (used in the Septuagint to translate Hebrew śāṭān ‘Satan’), from diaballein ‘to slander’, from dia ‘across’ + ballein ‘to throw’.

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   Where did the word devil come from?

   • The Modern English word devil derives from the Middle English devel, from the Old English dēofol, that in turn represents an early Germanic borrowing of the Latin diabolus.

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   What does it mean if a person behaves like a devil?

   • He behaved like someone possessed by devils. (informal) a person who behaves badly, especially a child (old-fashioned, informal) used to talk about somebody and to emphasize an opinion that you have of them I miss the old devil, now that he's gone. She's off to Greece for a month—lucky devil! James was a handsome devil and rich, too.

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   an evil being, often represented in human form but with a tail and horns. the devil [ S ] (often the Devil) a powerful evil force and the enemy of God in Christianity and Judaism. Examples. Gothic churches are full of devils and grotesque figures. One survivor described his torturers as devils incarnate.

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