devilishadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈdɛvl̩ɪʃ/,

/ˈdɛv(ᵻ)lɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈdɛvl̩ɪʃ/,

/ˈdɛv(ə)lɪʃ/

Forms: late Middle English deuelissh, late Middle English develish, late Middle English develyssh, late Middle English–1500s deuyllysshe, 1500s deuelish, 1500s deuelysh, 1500s deuilish, 1500s deuilishe, 1500s deuillisshe, 1500s deuillysh, 1500s deuilysh, 1500s deuylishe, 1500s develishe, 1500s develyshe, 1500s devolishe, 1500s devyllyshe, 1500s devylyshe, 1500s diuillysh, 1500s divellyssh, 1500s divyllyshe, 1500s dylvyshe (transmission error), 1500s dyuelysh, 1500s dyuelyshe, 1500s dyvlysshe, 1500s–1600s diuelish, 1500s–1600s diuellish, 1500s–1600s divelishe, 1500s–1700s divelish, 1600s deuillish, 1600s devillish, 1600s diuelishe, 1600s divellish, 1600s divilish, 1600s divillish, 1600s– devilish, 1800s dowlish (English regional (Devon)), 1900s dealish (U.S. regional (Indiana)); Scottish pre-1700 deuilege, pre-1700 deuilische, pre-1700 deuillische, pre-1700 deulish, pre-1700 deuyllish, pre-1700 develische, pre-1700 develleische, pre-1700 devilisch, pre-1700 devilise, pre-1700 devillich, pre-1700 devilliche, pre-1700 devillisch, pre-1700 devillische, pre-1700 devillishe, pre-1700 devillissh, pre-1700 devillysche, pre-1700 dewillysche, pre-1700 dewilsche, pre-1700 diuilisch, pre-1700 diuilische, pre-1700 divelis, pre-1700 divelische, pre-1700 divellisch, pre-1700 divilish, pre-1700 divillisch, pre-1700 diwelische, pre-1700 diwilishe, pre-1700 1700s– devilish, 1800s–1900s deevlish, 1800s– deevilish, 1900s deilish, 1900s divvlish, 1900s– deivilish.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: devil n., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < devil n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare Middle Dutch dūvelsc (Dutch duivels ), Middle Low German dǖvelisch , Middle High German tiuvelisch (German teuflisch ), Old Swedish diävulsker (Swedish djävulsk ). Compare earlier devilly adj. and devilly adv. Compare also diabolic adj.With sense A. 4 compare slightly earlier devilishly adv. 2.

A. adj.

1. Of a person or being: of the nature or character of the Devil or a devil; that acts or behaves like a devil; diabolical, fiendish; evil, wicked.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > devilishly wicked

devillyOE

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a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) viii. l. 1630 (MED) This deuelissh man, deying in despeir.

c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 327 From thens this bestiall and develish vnfasshend creature gateher vp vnto the Mount Tauryne.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxv. f. xxiii^v By styrynge of disclaunderous & deuyllysshe persones.

1530 H. Latimer Let. 1 Dec. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1345/2 What maruayle is it, if they call you deuelysh persons, and heretikes?

1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 76^v The diuelish Queenes deuise.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) ii. i. 245 A diuelish knaue!

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 8 A Monster not a little..esteemed of amongst these Deuillish Sauages.

1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxviii. 113 Who..censed those two divelish Monsters.

1703 Resol. Objections against Doctr. Holy Trinity Pref. 7/1 He is able..to protect them in the Assaults of the Devil, and in their Combats with Devilish Men.

1747 B. Hoadly Suspicious Husband iv. i. 47 Put up, put up both of you—or else—I am a devilish Fellow when once my Sword is out.

1819 Ld. Byron Let. 1 Aug. (1976) VI. 197 It shows that she had a devilish spirit of some sort within her.

1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 14 We pronounce Count Guido devilish and damnable.

1948 Times of India 6 June 13/2 The villain of the piece is a devilish creature, a sadist..who thinks up more horrors..than the worst criminal would normally imagine.

2015 C. E. Thompson Alcohol in Writings H. Melville 13 Once they are inebriated..they become devilish monsters whose actions and emotions range and escalate from anger to violence to mass murder.

2. Characteristic of the Devil or a devil; worthy of or befitting a devil; execrable, damnable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > diabolicalness > [adjective]

devillyOE

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a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iv. l. 3565 (MED) To thynke on moordre, it is to foul a thyng..the deuelissh compassyng To ech creature of nature is odible.

?1498 J. Alcock In die Innocencium Sermo (de Worde) sig. biij/1 Euyll fasshened garmentes, & deuyllysshe shoon & slyppers of frensmen.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. aiiii Whiche is most deuyllysshe synne.

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Cviij^v They make certayne deuylishe gestures lyke vnto madde men.

1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. xciv. 360 The matchlesse, mercilesse, devilish, and damnable gun-powder-treason.

1661 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 7) sig. F4/2 'T is of humane frailty to err, but 'tis devilish to persevere in it.

1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil ii. vii. 292 He did his Devilish Endeavour, and stay'd till he was forc'd to abscond again.

1791 R. Burns Tam O' Shanter in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 561 By some devilish cantraip slight.

1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. ix. 167 Indistinct and devilish whisperings.

1860 Eclectic Rev. Dec. 558 What heart has been at all times free from malevolent passion, revengeful emotion, lustful feeling, unnatural, and, alas! devilish impulses?

1935 Irish Times 30 Oct. 2/1 Mr. Egan said that it was a devilish plot to ruin him.

1979 D. H. Wrong Power ii. 30 Manipulation has a more sinister reputation.., suggesting devilish cunning and malign purpose.

2016 Newsday (N.Y.) (Nexis) 18 Feb. 3 These companies..are, unfortunately, making it easier for terrorists to do their devilish acts.

3. Of, relating to, or involving the Devil or a devil; (supposedly) caused by, inspired by, or originating in the Devil.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [adjective] > resembling or diabolic

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?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 117^v In the stede of sayng of orysons, she began to make certayn fendly & deuelissh werkes [Fr. aucunes dyabolicques oeuures].

1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Tim. iv. f. cclxxvi^v In the latter tymes some shall..geve hede vnto spretes of errure, and dyvlysshe doctryne.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxxxv^v Therto by deuilishe instigacion incensed and procured.

1562 W. Bullein Bk. Use Sicke Men f. lxxv^v, in Bulwarke of Defence Ingratitude [is] sprong of a deuelishe petigree.

1600 R. S. tr. P. de Mornay Fowre Bks. ii. ix. 184 His diuelish magicke and incantations.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 553 Behold..the Foe Approaching..; in hollow Cube Training his devilish Enginrie [sc. cannon] .

a1729 E. Taylor Metrical Hist. Christianity (1962) 155 Damns the most to hell, By Divelish Arts and Witcheries out draws More than three thousand that espouse his Cause.

1780 J. Baillie Nature & Fatal Infl. Popery 23 That doctrine which is contrary to the word of God, is of the Devil... Popery, therefore, which forbiddeth that which the word of God alloweth,..is devilish doctrine.

1841 Token & Atlantic Souvenir 43 Yes, it is sorcery and devilish enchantment, a vision of the black art!

1867 R. C. Trench Stud. Gospels i. 54 Although all the temptations were from the devil, yet that was especially the devilish temptation.

1930 Fortn. Rev. Apr. 500 Witchdoctors chant devilish incantations over the reeking sacrifice.

1992 S. Taylor Mortimer's Deep 248 Ye cannae dae this, it's no Christian, it's..it's the auld deivilish weys.

2014 A. Shiloah in F. B. Brown Oxf. Handbk. Relig. & Arts iii. xxiii. 324 A notion concerning the ultimate origin of music..ascribes it to devilish inspiration.

4. Chiefly colloquial. In later use often perceived as somewhat affected or dated; cf. sense B.

a. Awful, fiendish, terrible; extremely bad or difficult; (as an intensifier) enormous, awfully great; excessive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > very great or extreme

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1639 J. Woodall Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 241 It is a divellish, deadly, coarse medicine.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 198/2 [Lice] are devilish Biters, especially the little ones.

1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 187 Mr. Neverout got the devilishest Fall in the Park Today.

1831 A. W. Fonblanque in Examiner 31 July 481/2 The Six Acts, hurried, with such devilish speed, through Parliament.

1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. ii. 17 She has a devilish deal more than ten thousand pound.

1938 Princeton Alumni Weekly 2 Dec. 224/2 Did you know that Pat Miller and his wife have been having a devilish time in China? They have been in the thick of things.

1975 S. Selvon Moses Ascending (1984) 77 I expect you to commiserate with me in this devilish predicament, not think of lining your own pockets.

2002 E. Kushner & D. Sherman Fall of Kings (2003) 287 Campion's spending a devilish lot of time with her, if you know what I mean.

b. As an intensifier expressing detestation or contempt: wretched, blasted, damned.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [adjective]

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1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cccxxxi. 289 The Devillish People would keep such a Snearing, and Pointing at me.

1724 S. Croxall tr. Æsop et al. Fables (ed. 2) lxxx. 146 That devilish Sow yonder does nothing but lie routing at the Foot of the Tree.

1777 New-year's Verses Pennsylvania Ledger (single sheet) 'Twas a devilish Tory.

1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family II. 101 Hold your devilish tongue.

1875 J. Grant One of ‘Six Hundred’ II. iii. 47 My dear fellow, people are not such devilish fools as—aw—to give fifty pounds to such girls for—aw—nothing !

1940 ‘S. Garry’ tr. M. A. Sholokhov Don flows Home to Sea vi. 721 You devilish idiot, you bitch's udder, where did you ever see a drunken hound?

1993 J. Sallis tr. R. Queneau St. Glinglin (2000) 164 We've had more than enough of this devilish rain.

5. Mischievous, roguish, often with connotations of sexual attractiveness.

ΚΠ

1889 C. H. Flemming Our Country Cousin (MS) ii. i. 50 I might kiss a gal or two!.. I feel pirty devilish an' frisky ter-day—I drunk some beer!

1893 Sketch 27 Sept. 439/2 He delivered some of his speeches with great effect. He..displayed a fascinating weirdness and truly devilish charm.

1905 in Canad. Mag. Feb. 380/2 Madame..proceeded to execute something in the way of a Parisian dance. It..bordered on the vulgar, nor was it lessened by the devilish wink in madame's eye.

1913 G. Morris Penalty xviii. 163 She was possessed of a devilish longing to fashion out of paper a small water-bomb and drop it on his head.

1997 V. LoBrutto S. Kubrick xvii. 433 Addressing the visiting documentary camera of Vivian Kubrick, Nicholson displayed his devilish wit and bad boy grin.

2015 West Austral. (Perth) (Nexis) 25 July (WWK section) 14 He laughs loudly, thoughtful features transformed by a devilish smile.

B. adv.

Modifying an adjective: (originally) wickedly, evilly; (later usually colloquial as an intensifier) exceedingly, awfully, very. Cf. devilishly adv.In later use often perceived as somewhat affected or dated; cf. sense A. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > excessively

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1560 J. Knox Answer Great Nomber Blasphemous Cauillations 150 Som deuelish disposed persons wold..burden God with vnrighteousnes, as ye do, making him the author of euill.

1612 S. Rowlands Knaue of Harts 14 Because we finde..Mony makes fooles most diuellish proud in mind.

a1640 P. Massinger Beleeue as you List (1976) iv. iii. 46 The cur is Divelishe hungrie.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 350 Taking Devilish long Strides.

a1777 S. Foote Devil upon Two Sticks (1778) i. 15 They are devilish rich, devilish poor, devilish ugly, devilish handsome.

1807 Ld. Byron Let. 11 Aug. (1973) I. 133 I should be devilish glad to see him.

1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton viii. 55 Devilish pretty girl, that she is.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Strange Case Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde 17 I have seen devilish little of the man.

1927 L. Colcord & O. E. Rölvaag tr. O. E. Rölvaag Giants in Earth i. iv. vii. 133 It was devilish awkward to..stare strangers in the face, without knowing a word they said.

1967 F. Sargeson Hangover vi. 42 I am so devilish hungry I must first spend half an hour in the kitchen.

2007 L. Carlyle Never deceive Duke 58 I'd have had a devilish good time watching him mince about the docks.

Compounds

Complementary and parasynthetic, as devilish-looking, devilish-minded, etc.

ΚΠ

1576 G. Gascoigne tr. Pope Innocent III 1st Bk. Vewe Worldly Vanities in Droomme of Doomes Day i. sig. D.v Poysoners and witches, presumpteous and arogant wretches, deuilish mynded and desperate men.

a1635 R. Sibbes Riches Mercie (1638) ii. 105 Only divellish spirited carnal men take delight to blaspheme God.

1722 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack 186 The Peace of the Plantation should not be broken for one Devilish temper'd Fellow.

1835 J. L. Motley Let. 30 Apr. in Corr. (1889) I. iii. 56 I never saw six more unearthly and devilish-looking individuals.

1983 M. Boyce in E. Yarshater Cambr. Hist. Iran III. Pt. 2. xxxii. 1198 Peasant farmers, digging over the ground, came upon..the strange and devilish-seeming writings.

2006 Variety 26 Mar. 23/2 De Armas, doing a devilish-eyed Lolita turn, is flat in early scenes.

Derivatives

ˈdevilish-like adv. and adj. in later use often colloquial or regional

ΚΠ

1660 G. Williams Αντιχριστος ii. ii. 69 Whether the Irish Popish Rebels, or the English Parliament Saints, dealt with us more Christian-like, and whether more devilish-like herein, I leave it to the Judge of all the World to determine.

?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. iii. 29 Such a Devilish-like Black-guard.

1774 J. Murray Lect. Lords Spiritual i. 37 Bless and curse not, is..a God-like maxim. The other is devilish-like, wicked, and abominable.

1861 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 446/1 It acts different on 'em, bein' sentenced. Most of 'em gets reckless, devilish-like.

1906 R. Kipling in Strand Mag. Aug. 173/2 He leaps down the stairs—won'erful devilish-like—howling no bounds.

2014 V. Terrace Internet Horror, Sci. Fiction & Fantasy Television Series 182/1 A devilish-like figure with a red glow delights in explaining how to lose all control and seek revenge.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	devilish
释义	devilishadj.adv. Brit. /ˈdɛvl̩ɪʃ/, /ˈdɛv(ᵻ)lɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈdɛvl̩ɪʃ/, /ˈdɛv(ə)lɪʃ/ Forms: late Middle English deuelissh, late Middle English develish, late Middle English develyssh, late Middle English–1500s deuyllysshe, 1500s deuelish, 1500s deuelysh, 1500s deuilish, 1500s deuilishe, 1500s deuillisshe, 1500s deuillysh, 1500s deuilysh, 1500s deuylishe, 1500s develishe, 1500s develyshe, 1500s devolishe, 1500s devyllyshe, 1500s devylyshe, 1500s diuillysh, 1500s divellyssh, 1500s divyllyshe, 1500s dylvyshe (transmission error), 1500s dyuelysh, 1500s dyuelyshe, 1500s dyvlysshe, 1500s–1600s diuelish, 1500s–1600s diuellish, 1500s–1600s divelishe, 1500s–1700s divelish, 1600s deuillish, 1600s devillish, 1600s diuelishe, 1600s divellish, 1600s divilish, 1600s divillish, 1600s– devilish, 1800s dowlish (English regional (Devon)), 1900s dealish (U.S. regional (Indiana)); Scottish pre-1700 deuilege, pre-1700 deuilische, pre-1700 deuillische, pre-1700 deulish, pre-1700 deuyllish, pre-1700 develische, pre-1700 develleische, pre-1700 devilisch, pre-1700 devilise, pre-1700 devillich, pre-1700 devilliche, pre-1700 devillisch, pre-1700 devillische, pre-1700 devillishe, pre-1700 devillissh, pre-1700 devillysche, pre-1700 dewillysche, pre-1700 dewilsche, pre-1700 diuilisch, pre-1700 diuilische, pre-1700 divelis, pre-1700 divelische, pre-1700 divellisch, pre-1700 divilish, pre-1700 divillisch, pre-1700 diwelische, pre-1700 diwilishe, pre-1700 1700s– devilish, 1800s–1900s deevlish, 1800s– deevilish, 1900s deilish, 1900s divvlish, 1900s– deivilish. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: devil n., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < devil n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare Middle Dutch dūvelsc (Dutch duivels ), Middle Low German dǖvelisch , Middle High German tiuvelisch (German teuflisch ), Old Swedish diävulsker (Swedish djävulsk ). Compare earlier devilly adj. and devilly adv. Compare also diabolic adj.With sense A. 4 compare slightly earlier devilishly adv. 2. A. adj. 1. Of a person or being: of the nature or character of the Devil or a devil; that acts or behaves like a devil; diabolical, fiendish; evil, wicked. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > devilishly wicked devillyOE fiendenc1315 serpentinec1422 devilish?a1439 diabolic?1483 diabolical1546 satanical1548 satanic1556 serpent-likea1586 fiendlikea1616 serpentive1635 devilized1641 demoniacal1714 demoniac1784 diabolish1865 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) viii. l. 1630 (MED) This deuelissh man, deying in despeir. c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 327 From thens this bestiall and develish vnfasshend creature gateher vp vnto the Mount Tauryne. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxv. f. xxiii^v By styrynge of disclaunderous & deuyllysshe persones. 1530 H. Latimer Let. 1 Dec. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1345/2 What maruayle is it, if they call you deuelysh persons, and heretikes? 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 76^v The diuelish Queenes deuise. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) ii. i. 245 A diuelish knaue! 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 8 A Monster not a little..esteemed of amongst these Deuillish Sauages. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxviii. 113 Who..censed those two divelish Monsters. 1703 Resol. Objections against Doctr. Holy Trinity Pref. 7/1 He is able..to protect them in the Assaults of the Devil, and in their Combats with Devilish Men. 1747 B. Hoadly Suspicious Husband iv. i. 47 Put up, put up both of you—or else—I am a devilish Fellow when once my Sword is out. 1819 Ld. Byron Let. 1 Aug. (1976) VI. 197 It shows that she had a devilish spirit of some sort within her. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 14 We pronounce Count Guido devilish and damnable. 1948 Times of India 6 June 13/2 The villain of the piece is a devilish creature, a sadist..who thinks up more horrors..than the worst criminal would normally imagine. 2015 C. E. Thompson Alcohol in Writings H. Melville 13 Once they are inebriated..they become devilish monsters whose actions and emotions range and escalate from anger to violence to mass murder. 2. Characteristic of the Devil or a devil; worthy of or befitting a devil; execrable, damnable. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > diabolicalness > [adjective] devillyOE fiendenc1315 serpentinec1422 devilish?a1439 diabolic?1483 feding1502 diabolical1546 satanic1556 demoniacal1565 serpent-likea1586 serpentive1635 devilized1641 fiendlike1716 diabolish1865 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iv. l. 3565 (MED) To thynke on moordre, it is to foul a thyng..the deuelissh compassyng To ech creature of nature is odible. ?1498 J. Alcock In die Innocencium Sermo (de Worde) sig. biij/1 Euyll fasshened garmentes, & deuyllysshe shoon & slyppers of frensmen. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. aiiii Whiche is most deuyllysshe synne. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Cviij^v They make certayne deuylishe gestures lyke vnto madde men. 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. xciv. 360 The matchlesse, mercilesse, devilish, and damnable gun-powder-treason. 1661 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 7) sig. F4/2 'T is of humane frailty to err, but 'tis devilish to persevere in it. 1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil ii. vii. 292 He did his Devilish Endeavour, and stay'd till he was forc'd to abscond again. 1791 R. Burns Tam O' Shanter in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 561 By some devilish cantraip slight. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. ix. 167 Indistinct and devilish whisperings. 1860 Eclectic Rev. Dec. 558 What heart has been at all times free from malevolent passion, revengeful emotion, lustful feeling, unnatural, and, alas! devilish impulses? 1935 Irish Times 30 Oct. 2/1 Mr. Egan said that it was a devilish plot to ruin him. 1979 D. H. Wrong Power ii. 30 Manipulation has a more sinister reputation.., suggesting devilish cunning and malign purpose. 2016 Newsday (N.Y.) (Nexis) 18 Feb. 3 These companies..are, unfortunately, making it easier for terrorists to do their devilish acts. 3. Of, relating to, or involving the Devil or a devil; (supposedly) caused by, inspired by, or originating in the Devil. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [adjective] > resembling or diabolic devilish?1473 diabolicc1475 devil-like1488 diabolical1502 satanical1548 devilified1647 satanic1791 Beelzebubian1867 ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 117^v In the stede of sayng of orysons, she began to make certayn fendly & deuelissh werkes [Fr. aucunes dyabolicques oeuures]. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Tim. iv. f. cclxxvi^v In the latter tymes some shall..geve hede vnto spretes of errure, and dyvlysshe doctryne. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxxxv^v Therto by deuilishe instigacion incensed and procured. 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Use Sicke Men f. lxxv^v, in Bulwarke of Defence Ingratitude [is] sprong of a deuelishe petigree. 1600 R. S. tr. P. de Mornay Fowre Bks. ii. ix. 184 His diuelish magicke and incantations. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 553 Behold..the Foe Approaching..; in hollow Cube Training his devilish Enginrie [sc. cannon] . View more context for this quotation a1729 E. Taylor Metrical Hist. Christianity (1962) 155 Damns the most to hell, By Divelish Arts and Witcheries out draws More than three thousand that espouse his Cause. 1780 J. Baillie Nature & Fatal Infl. Popery 23 That doctrine which is contrary to the word of God, is of the Devil... Popery, therefore, which forbiddeth that which the word of God alloweth,..is devilish doctrine. 1841 Token & Atlantic Souvenir 43 Yes, it is sorcery and devilish enchantment, a vision of the black art! 1867 R. C. Trench Stud. Gospels i. 54 Although all the temptations were from the devil, yet that was especially the devilish temptation. 1930 Fortn. Rev. Apr. 500 Witchdoctors chant devilish incantations over the reeking sacrifice. 1992 S. Taylor Mortimer's Deep 248 Ye cannae dae this, it's no Christian, it's..it's the auld deivilish weys. 2014 A. Shiloah in F. B. Brown Oxf. Handbk. Relig. & Arts iii. xxiii. 324 A notion concerning the ultimate origin of music..ascribes it to devilish inspiration. 4. Chiefly colloquial. In later use often perceived as somewhat affected or dated; cf. sense B. a. Awful, fiendish, terrible; extremely bad or difficult; (as an intensifier) enormous, awfully great; excessive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > very great or extreme strangec1380 overpassinga1382 passinga1387 most?c1430 extremec1460 horriblea1464 violenta1500 mainc1540 immortal?c1550 exquisite1552 sore1555 three-piled1598 thundering1618 devilish1639 shrewda1643 deadly1660 woundy1681 vast1696 monstrous1711 mortal1716 terrific1743 hell-fired1754 hellish1764 colossal1794 severe1805 awful1818 all-fired1829 terrible1829 quare and1847 ferocious1877 pluperfect1889 raging1889 giddy1896 utter1898 stiff1905 1639 J. Woodall Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 241 It is a divellish, deadly, coarse medicine. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 198/2 [Lice] are devilish Biters, especially the little ones. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 187 Mr. Neverout got the devilishest Fall in the Park Today. 1831 A. W. Fonblanque in Examiner 31 July 481/2 The Six Acts, hurried, with such devilish speed, through Parliament. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. ii. 17 She has a devilish deal more than ten thousand pound. 1938 Princeton Alumni Weekly 2 Dec. 224/2 Did you know that Pat Miller and his wife have been having a devilish time in China? They have been in the thick of things. 1975 S. Selvon Moses Ascending (1984) 77 I expect you to commiserate with me in this devilish predicament, not think of lining your own pockets. 2002 E. Kushner & D. Sherman Fall of Kings (2003) 287 Campion's spending a devilish lot of time with her, if you know what I mean. b. As an intensifier expressing detestation or contempt: wretched, blasted, damned. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [adjective] loatha700 eileOE andsetec1000 wlatfulc1230 aloathedc1275 wlatsomea1300 unhonest13.. wlata1325 hideousc1330 abominable1340 hatefula1382 hatesomea1382 abominablec1384 odiousa1387 fulsomec1390 accursedc1400 hatousc1400 rankc1400 hateablec1425 odiblec1425 ugsomec1425 wretchedc1430 loathsomec1440 loathfula1450 noisomea1450 abhominal1477 detestable1477 loathy1481 loathing?a1513 oppugnanta1513 irksome1513 hateworthy1548 abhorful1565 ugged1570 detestine1575 ulcerous1577 opposite1578 scandalous1592 offensive1594 obscene1597 ulcered1602 dirtya1616 abhorrent1628 toady1628 envious1630 repugnant1633 nauseating1645 nauseous1646 obnoxious1646 detestful1654 reluctant1663 horrid1666 abnoxious1682 devilish1692 invidious1710 repellent1776 repellant1780 sickening1789 toadish1822 carrion1826 ugging1839 cussed1853 repugnant1879 jerky1944 vomitous1952 barfy1957 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cccxxxi. 289 The Devillish People would keep such a Snearing, and Pointing at me. 1724 S. Croxall tr. Æsop et al. Fables (ed. 2) lxxx. 146 That devilish Sow yonder does nothing but lie routing at the Foot of the Tree. 1777 New-year's Verses Pennsylvania Ledger (single sheet) 'Twas a devilish Tory. 1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family II. 101 Hold your devilish tongue. 1875 J. Grant One of ‘Six Hundred’ II. iii. 47 My dear fellow, people are not such devilish fools as—aw—to give fifty pounds to such girls for—aw—nothing ! 1940 ‘S. Garry’ tr. M. A. Sholokhov Don flows Home to Sea vi. 721 You devilish idiot, you bitch's udder, where did you ever see a drunken hound? 1993 J. Sallis tr. R. Queneau St. Glinglin (2000) 164 We've had more than enough of this devilish rain. 5. Mischievous, roguish, often with connotations of sexual attractiveness. ΚΠ 1889 C. H. Flemming Our Country Cousin (MS) ii. i. 50 I might kiss a gal or two!.. I feel pirty devilish an' frisky ter-day—I drunk some beer! 1893 Sketch 27 Sept. 439/2 He delivered some of his speeches with great effect. He..displayed a fascinating weirdness and truly devilish charm. 1905 in Canad. Mag. Feb. 380/2 Madame..proceeded to execute something in the way of a Parisian dance. It..bordered on the vulgar, nor was it lessened by the devilish wink in madame's eye. 1913 G. Morris Penalty xviii. 163 She was possessed of a devilish longing to fashion out of paper a small water-bomb and drop it on his head. 1997 V. LoBrutto S. Kubrick xvii. 433 Addressing the visiting documentary camera of Vivian Kubrick, Nicholson displayed his devilish wit and bad boy grin. 2015 West Austral. (Perth) (Nexis) 25 July (WWK section) 14 He laughs loudly, thoughtful features transformed by a devilish smile. B. adv. Modifying an adjective: (originally) wickedly, evilly; (later usually colloquial as an intensifier) exceedingly, awfully, very. Cf. devilishly adv.In later use often perceived as somewhat affected or dated; cf. sense A. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > excessively cruellyc1385 overa1400 fullc1400 parlouslyc1425 mortalc1440 perilousc1440 spitefulc1450 devilish1560 pestilently1567 spitefully1567 cruel1573 parlous1575 deadly1589 intolerable?1593 fellc1600 perditlya1632 excessively1634 devilishly1635 desperate1636 woundya1639 woundlya1644 desperately1653 wicked1663 killing1672 woundily1706 wounded1753 mortally1759 dreadful1762 intolerably1768 perishing1776 tremendously1776 terrifically1777 diabolically1792 woundedly1794 thundering1809 all-firedly1833 preponderously1835 painfully1839 deadlilya1843 severely1854 furiously1856 diabolish1858 fiendish1861 demonish1867 sinfully1869 fiendishly1879 thunderingly1885 only too1889 nightmarishly1891 God almighty1906 Christ almighty1945 1560 J. Knox Answer Great Nomber Blasphemous Cauillations 150 Som deuelish disposed persons wold..burden God with vnrighteousnes, as ye do, making him the author of euill. 1612 S. Rowlands Knaue of Harts 14 Because we finde..Mony makes fooles most diuellish proud in mind. a1640 P. Massinger Beleeue as you List (1976) iv. iii. 46 The cur is Divelishe hungrie. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 350 Taking Devilish long Strides. a1777 S. Foote Devil upon Two Sticks (1778) i. 15 They are devilish rich, devilish poor, devilish ugly, devilish handsome. 1807 Ld. Byron Let. 11 Aug. (1973) I. 133 I should be devilish glad to see him. 1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton viii. 55 Devilish pretty girl, that she is. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Strange Case Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde 17 I have seen devilish little of the man. 1927 L. Colcord & O. E. Rölvaag tr. O. E. Rölvaag Giants in Earth i. iv. vii. 133 It was devilish awkward to..stare strangers in the face, without knowing a word they said. 1967 F. Sargeson Hangover vi. 42 I am so devilish hungry I must first spend half an hour in the kitchen. 2007 L. Carlyle Never deceive Duke 58 I'd have had a devilish good time watching him mince about the docks. Compounds Complementary and parasynthetic, as devilish-looking, devilish-minded, etc. ΚΠ 1576 G. Gascoigne tr. Pope Innocent III 1st Bk. Vewe Worldly Vanities in Droomme of Doomes Day i. sig. D.v Poysoners and witches, presumpteous and arogant wretches, deuilish mynded and desperate men. a1635 R. Sibbes Riches Mercie (1638) ii. 105 Only divellish spirited carnal men take delight to blaspheme God. 1722 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack 186 The Peace of the Plantation should not be broken for one Devilish temper'd Fellow. 1835 J. L. Motley Let. 30 Apr. in Corr. (1889) I. iii. 56 I never saw six more unearthly and devilish-looking individuals. 1983 M. Boyce in E. Yarshater Cambr. Hist. Iran III. Pt. 2. xxxii. 1198 Peasant farmers, digging over the ground, came upon..the strange and devilish-seeming writings. 2006 Variety 26 Mar. 23/2 De Armas, doing a devilish-eyed Lolita turn, is flat in early scenes. Derivatives ˈdevilish-like adv. and adj. in later use often colloquial or regional ΚΠ 1660 G. Williams Αντιχριστος ii. ii. 69 Whether the Irish Popish Rebels, or the English Parliament Saints, dealt with us more Christian-like, and whether more devilish-like herein, I leave it to the Judge of all the World to determine. ?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. iii. 29 Such a Devilish-like Black-guard. 1774 J. Murray Lect. Lords Spiritual i. 37 Bless and curse not, is..a God-like maxim. The other is devilish-like, wicked, and abominable. 1861 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 446/1 It acts different on 'em, bein' sentenced. Most of 'em gets reckless, devilish-like. 1906 R. Kipling in Strand Mag. Aug. 173/2 He leaps down the stairs—won'erful devilish-like—howling no bounds. 2014 V. Terrace Internet Horror, Sci. Fiction & Fantasy Television Series 182/1 A devilish-like figure with a red glow delights in explaining how to lose all control and seek revenge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.?a1439
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