Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

devil devil

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables: dev-il dev-il
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An evil spirit in traditional Aboriginal belief.

Australian usage

Example Sentences

"But his lubra was there: she said he had gone away on some devil-devil business."
"She said they had to hide from the bad people because they might be devil-devils in disguise."

Etymology

Reduplicated form of devil; originally in Australian Pidgin English.

Usage

Australian usage

Inflected Forms

devil devils (plural) debil-debil (alternative) devil-devil (alternative)

Questions

What does devil devil mean?: An evil spirit in traditional Aboriginal belief.
Where does devil devil come from?: Reduplicated form of devil; originally in Australian Pidgin English.

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