the devil
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Alternative letter-case form of the devil.
name
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see the, Devil.
Example Sentences
- "What the devil are you doing here at this time of night?"
- "VVhat is he an honeſt man? the deuill he is, he is the Parſon of the Towne, You thinke ther’s no knauerie hid vnder a black gowne, Find him in a pulpit but twiſe in the yeare, And Ile find him fortie times in the ale-houſe taſting ſtrong beare."
- "“Brother,” said she, “whatever message Mr Blifil thinks proper to send to my niece shall be delivered to her; and I suppose she will want no instructions to make a proper answer. I am convinced she will not refuse to see Mr Blifil at a proper time.”—“The devil she won’t!” answered the squire."
- "What’s all this!---what’s here to do!---what the Devil are you all about!---Zounds! who do you want here, Mr. Trueman?"
- "Who the Devil are you? Where the Devil do you come from / And what the Devil are you doing crusted up like a cloud-cuckoo?"
- "“Whatever did happen to you, sir? How the Devil did ye get captured? Once the Dons ran off, we couldn’t find hide nor hair of you.”"