Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

devilize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dev-ilize
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To represent as a devil.

American usage; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"He that should deify a saint, should wrong him as much as he that should devilize him."
"[W]hen his other more momentous Avocations of Pedantry and Pedagogiſm vvill give him an Interval from VVrath and Contention, he vvill ſet apart a Moment to conſider humane Nature Deviliz'd, and give us a Mathematical Anatomical Deſcription of it; […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek διαβάλλω (diabállō) Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos)bor. Latin diabolusbor. Proto-West Germanic *diubul Old English dēofol Middle English devel English devil Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English devilize From devil + -ize.

Usage

American usage
Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

devilizes (present, singular) devilizing (participle, present) devilized (participle, past) devilized (past) devilise (alternative)

Synonyms

devilise diabolize diabolise

Questions

What does devilize mean?: To represent as a devil.
Where does devilize come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek διαβάλλω (diabállō) Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos)bor. Latin diabolusbor. Proto-West Germanic *diubul Old English dēofol Middle English devel English devil Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English devilize From devil + -ize.

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