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infernality

infernality noun: the quality of being infernal.

Noun

infernality (countable and uncountable, plural infernalities)

  1. The quality of being infernal.
    • You associate the Green Mountain State with gourmet ice cream and cows, not swastikas and hate mail, but on second thought it’s possible to conclude that such small town infernality is very Jacksonian.2015 July 27, Paul Theroux, “‘Let Me Tell You,’ by Shirley Jackson”, in New York Times

Forms of infernality

pluralinfernalities

Origin of infernality

From infernal + -ity.

Questions about infernality

What does infernality mean?
Infernality means the quality of being infernal.
What part of speech is infernality?
Infernality is a noun.
What is the plural of infernality?
The plural of infernality is infernalities.

Words near infernality in the dictionary

  1. infernalism
  2. infernalisms
  3. infernalist
  4. infernalists
  5. infernalities
  6. infernality
  7. infernalize
  8. infernalized
  9. infernalizes
  10. infernalizing
  11. infernall

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