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diablerie|dɪˈɑːblərɪ|
Also -ery.
[a. F. diablerie (djɑbləri), in 13th c. deablerie, f. diable devil + -erie: see -ery.]
1. Business belonging to or connected with the devil, or in which the devil is employed or has a hand; dealings with the devil; sorcery or conjuring in which the devil is supposed to assist; wild recklessness, devilry.
1751Warburton in Pope's Wks. (1757) IV. 235 note, The diablerie of witchcraft and purgatory. 1809Q. Rev. May 347 We are no defenders of ghost seeing and diablerie. 1812Southey Omniana I. 270 The night mare has been a fruitful source of miracles and diablery in the Romish mythology. 1852Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's C. xx. 211 Miss Eva..appeared to be fascinated by her wild diablerie, as a dove is sometimes charmed by a glittering serpent. 1868Geo. Eliot Sp. Gipsy i. 59 Diablerie that pales the girls and puzzles all the boys.
2. That part of mythology which has to do with the devil or devils; devil-lore; the description or representation of devils.
1824Scott St. Ronan's viii, The devil, in the old stories of diablerie, was always sure to start up at the elbow of any one who nursed diabolical purposes. 1837Lockhart Scott ix, Erskine showed Lewis Scott's version of ‘Lenore’ and the ‘Wild Huntsman’; and..mentioned that his friend had other specimens of the German Diablerie in his portfolio. 1882T. Mozley Remin. I. x. 76 An extraordinary figure that might have stepped out of a scene of German diablerie.
3. The realm, world, or assemblage of devils.
1852Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's C. xx. 205 She might have fancied that she had got hold of some sooty gnome from the land of Diablerie. 1880W. Leighton Shaks. Dream 50 Out of sin's diablery We arise, the fateful three. |