infernal
/ɪnˈfɝnəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Diabolical or fiendish.
noun
An inhabitant of the infernal regions, a demon.
Example Sentences
- "He proffered a pact to Satan, calling upon the Fiend and working himself into a frenzy - but his infernal majesty failed to respond."
- "Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd The Mother of Mankind"
- "the instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings"
- "As I had to put up with the patronage and the lecturings, and the eyeglass of that infernal old woman, […]"
- "When are you ever going to learn to mind your own infernal business?"
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin īnferna Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin īnfernālis Old French infernal Middle Frenchbor. English infernal From Middle French infernal, from Medieval Latin infernalis, from Latin īnfernus, from īnferum (“netherworld, underworld, hell”), equivalent to inferno + -al.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪnˈfɝnəl/
- British English: /ɪnˈfɜː(ɹ)nəl/
Inflected Forms
more infernal (comparative)
most infernal (superlative)
infernall (alternative, obsolete)
infernals (plural)