demonicality

Noun

demonicality (uncountable)

1. (rare) The quality of being demonical.
   • And again your honor and gentlemen of the jury, be it known unto you that, for this hereinbefore-spoken-of slanderer and counselor for aforesaid plaintiff to place himself upon ground fenced in by lies, villany, deceit, treachery; yes and gall, and to have a litle essence of “Rose” mixed with...1883 December 29, H. B. Brown, quotee, “Gaul vs. Masten. A Mock Trial Before the Literary Society of the Young Men’s Christian Association.”, in J. G. P. Holden, editor, The Yonkers Gazette, volume...
   • Longer life than necessary is just the opposite of heroic ambition which is punished, as a rule, with a short life span by the gods. In the fates of Antigone, Creon, Haemon, and in everybody else’s fate the demonicality of time works which does not mean the indifference of the gods or the lack of a...1985, José Lambert, André Lefevere, editors, Translation in the Development of Literatures, Bern: Peter Lang; Leuevn: Leuven University Press, →ISBN, page 151

   Synonyms:

   demoniacality, demoniacalness, demonicalness, demonicity, demonicness