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devility

devility noun: the quality of being a devil or like a devil; devilishness.

Noun

devility (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being a devil or like a devil; devilishness.
    • Because, according to medical science, as defined in the branch of phychology and pshychiatry, there are four different stages of nervous devility.1992, Syed Mohd Amirul Islam, Shanshah Ziaul Huq Maijbhandari
    • His eyes a prosecutor's shone through slits, devility stood to twist the rope to my neck, gaunt limb burdened to crink.2010, Charles E. Miller, The Sentence, →ISBN, page 77

Origin of devility

From devil + -ity.

Questions about devility

What does devility mean?
Devility means the quality of being a devil or like a devil; devilishness.
What part of speech is devility?
Devility is a noun.

Words near devility in the dictionary

  1. devilishly
  2. devilishness
  3. devilishnesses
  4. devilism
  5. devilisms
  6. devility
  7. devilize
  8. devilized
  9. devilizes
  10. devilizing
  11. devilkin

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