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hell-brewed

hell-brewed adjective: prepared in Hell.

Adjective

hell-brewed (not comparable)

  1. (nonce-word, poetic) Prepared in Hell.
    • hel-brew'd opiate1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey...

Forms of hell-brewed

alternative formhellbrewed

Origin of hell-brewed

From Hell + brewed.

Questions about hell-brewed

What does hell-brewed mean?
Hell-brewed means prepared in Hell.
What part of speech is hell-brewed?
Hell-brewed is an adjective.

Words near hell-brewed in the dictionary

  1. hell's teeth
  2. hell-bent
  3. hell-bent for leather
  4. hell-bent-for-leather
  5. hell-born
  6. hell-brewed
  7. hell-diver
  8. hell-divers
  9. hell-for-leather
  10. hell-hole
  11. hell-holes

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