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infernality|ɪnfəˈnælɪtɪ|
[f. prec. + -ity.]
1. The quality of being infernal, or an instance of this; hellishness, diabolicalness; a diabolical act or characteristic.
1805Foster Ess. (1844) 256 The Mexican abominations and infernalities have already received from us their epic tribute. 1862Sat. Rev. 629 An old philosopher, we are told, is right—that every Frenchwoman has a certain ‘dose of infernality’.
†2. The infernal world and its occupants. Obs.
1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 33, I would haue fought for them, with hell, the diuell, and al infernality. |