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hell-fired, a.
1. ‘Set on fire of hell’ (Jas. iii. 6).
a1711Ken Christophil Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 447 Blasphem'd by ev'ry Hell-fir'd Tongue.
2. As an intensive: ‘Damned’. Cf. all-fired.
1756W. Toldervy Two Orphans III. 157 Sir..he is a h—ll-fir'd good creature. 1833J. Neal Down-Easters I. 79 See what a hell fired noise it [sc. the watch] makes. 1972J. S. Hall Sayings from Old Smoky 80 It was the hell-firedest wreck I've ever seen! |