devilry
/ˈdɛv.əl.ɹi/
devilry noun: mischief.
Noun
devilry (countable and uncountable, plural devilries)
- Mischief.
- Their newfound devilry : prank-calling local businesses.2007 January 2, Arianne Cohen, Colleen Kinder, Confessions of a High School Word Nerd: Laugh Your Gluteus* Off and Increase Your SAT Verbal Score, Penguin, →ISBN, page 124
- Wickedness; cruelty.
- "The Master's Society wishes to overturn the world order into his hands by devilry and chaos. There is good news that Mr. Stevens is repentant and under our employ and gave us a significant store of antidote for the violent toxin. We can dose the MPs."2016 August 9, Leanna Renee Hieber, Eterna and Omega: The Eterna Files #2, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 239
- An action performed with the help of a devil; witchcraft.
- An act of such mischief, wickedness, cruelty, or witchcraft.
- […] pranks and devilries which turned slowly more unpleasant.2023 September 19, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Untamed Shore, Del Rey, →ISBN
devilry meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
devilry in Tamil
- அதிகப்பேச்சு, அரத்தமுறிஞ்சல்
devilry in Urdu
- devilry
- شیطنت śaitanat
devilry in Malayalam
- wickedness, evil, sin
- പെെശാചികവൃത്തി, പെെശാചികപ്രവൃത്തി, പാതകം, ദുഷ്ടത, സൂചന, സൂചനം
- naughtiness, mischief, mischievous-ness
- സാഹസികത്വം നിറഞ്ഞ കുസൃതിത്തരം, കളിമട്ടിലുള്ള കുസൃതിത്തരം, ഉപദ്രവം, കുരുത്തക്കേട്, കുറുമ്പ്, വേണ്ടാതനം
- black magic, sorcery, witchcraft
- മന്ത്രവാദം, പിശാചുസേവ, ദുർമന്ത്രവാദം, ഭൂതവിദ്യ, ക്ഷുദ്രപ്രയോഗം, അഭിചാരം
Forms of devilry
| plural | devilries |
|---|---|
| alternative form | deviltry |
Origin of devilry
From Middle English develrye; equivalent to devil + -ry.
Words formed from devilry
Questions about devilry
- What does devilry mean?
- Devilry means mischief.
- What is devilry in Tamil?
- Devilry in Tamil is அதிகப்பேச்சு, அரத்தமுறிஞ்சல். See Devilry meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is devilry?
- Devilry is a noun.
- How do you pronounce devilry?
- Devilry is pronounced /ˈdɛv.əl.ɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of devilry?
- The plural of devilry is devilries.
Words near devilry in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: devilry (page history and authors); devilry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); شیطنت (Urdu) (page history and authors); devilry (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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