devil

Etymology
From, , , from , , from earlier , from , ultimately from , also as "Satan" (in Jewish/Christian usage, translating ), from , literally “to throw across”, from +. The Old English word was probably adopted under influence of (itself from the Greek). Other Germanic languages adopted the word independently: compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (older: , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬). .

Proper noun

 * 1)  The chief devil; Satan.

Noun

 * 1)  An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.
 * 2)  A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior.
 * 3) The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
 * 4) A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
 * 5) A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
 * 6)  Hell.
 * 7) A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
 * 8) A printer's assistant.
 * 9)  A poltergeist that haunts printing works.
 * 10) A dust devil.
 * 11)  A barren, unproductive and unused area.
 * 12)  A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
 * 13) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
 * 14) A Tasmanian devil.
 * 15) * 1999,, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 32:
 * He removes his food, water, and torch from the pack and then pushes it to the far end of the tent – no devil is going to rip his pack apart tonight.
 * 1)  An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
 * 1) A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
 * 2) A printer's assistant.
 * 3)  A poltergeist that haunts printing works.
 * 4) A dust devil.
 * 5)  A barren, unproductive and unused area.
 * 6)  A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
 * 7) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
 * 8) A Tasmanian devil.
 * 9) * 1999,, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 32:
 * He removes his food, water, and torch from the pack and then pushes it to the far end of the tent – no devil is going to rip his pack apart tonight.
 * 1)  An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
 * 1)  A barren, unproductive and unused area.
 * 2)  A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
 * 3) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
 * 4) A Tasmanian devil.
 * 5) * 1999,, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 32:
 * He removes his food, water, and torch from the pack and then pushes it to the far end of the tent – no devil is going to rip his pack apart tonight.
 * 1)  An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
 * 1) A Tasmanian devil.
 * 2) * 1999,, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 32:
 * He removes his food, water, and torch from the pack and then pushes it to the far end of the tent – no devil is going to rip his pack apart tonight.
 * 1)  An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
 * 1)  An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.

Translations

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Verb

 * 1) To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
 * 2) To annoy or bother.
 * 3) To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
 * 4) To prepare (food) with spices, making it spicy:
 * 5) To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
 * 6) To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
 * 7) To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.
 * 1) To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
 * 2) To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.
 * 1) To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.

Usage notes

 * UK usage doubles the l in the inflected forms "devilled" and "devilling"; US usage generally does not.