devilryn.

Brit.

/ˈdɛvlri/, U.S.

/ˈdɛv(ə)lri/

Forms: see devil n. and -ry suffix; also late Middle English dyvellere, 1600s deuellerie, 1600s deuillary.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: devil n., -ry suffix.

Etymology: < devil n. + -ry suffix.With sense 1 compare Middle French, French diablerie diabolical act or thing (see diablerie n.). In use with reference to works of art and literature (see sense 6) after French diablerie; with this sense compare earlier diablerie n. 2. With the forms dyvellere and deuellerie compare -ery suffix. With the form deuillary compare -ary suffix¹.

a. Sinful or perverse action, conduct, or character; extreme evildoing, wickedness, or cruelty. Also: a wicked or sinful act; an instance of evildoing or cruelty.

ΘΚΠ

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

devilrya1400

devility1588

devilship1644

devilism1647

diabolicalness1652

diablerie1653

diabolism1660

deviltry1772

demonry1805

diabolicity1861

demonishnessa1930

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > devilish wickedness

devilrya1400

devility1588

devilship1644

devilism1647

diabolicalness1652

diablerie1653

diabolism1660

deviltry1772

demonry1805

diabolicity1861

infernalism1864

demonishnessa1930

a1400 Mirror (Hunterian 250) (2003) x. 117 Þan wexen synnes and gret vices, couaites and lecherie, and many maner of trecheries and giles, pride and þefte and manslauȝt and foule þouȝtes and auoutries, ȝelpyngges and lesynges and many oþer diuers deuelries.

a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 95 Ther was nethir God ne angelle that euir medelid with suche a devilrye or mokkerye [Fr. de telle desuerie].

1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. M2^v These they giue to euery one, that wil giue money for them, to maintaine them in their hethenrie, diuelrie, whordome, drunkennes, pride, and what not.

1637 J. Bastwick Letany i. 19/2 Greater cruelty..(to say nothing of deuillary, atheisme and popery) I know no where.

1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. xxi. 200 Her forgeries (to excuse her own Devilry) had so instigated them, that they sought my ruine by all wayes imaginable.

1701 J. Brand Brief Descr. Orkney, Zetland v. 55 There is much horrid wickedness and manifest Devilry too,..so that no part of the Kingdom can plead not guilty.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. viii. 63/2 What devilry soever Kings do, the Greeks must pay the piper!

1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude x. 199 Finding that such is the devilry of circumstances.

1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. xiv. 324 I..took to all sorts of devilries out of despair and fury.

1870 Daily News 24 Sept. A sight of misery, chaos, disorganisation, and general devilry.

1943 Lubbock (Texas) Morning Avalanche 8 Apr. 10/4 What we have been regarding as a..spur-of-the moment crime is (in actuality) as cold-blooded and carefully planned a piece of devilry as we have yet encountered.

2001 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 13 Sept. 14 She said the devilry, evil and cunning of these attacks was extraordinary.

b. Reckless mischief or boisterousness; wild spirits. Also: a devilish, rascally, or rash disposition; mischievousness, daring. Frequently humorous or playful. Cf. devilment n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > daring > reckless daring > [noun]

hardydardya1529

audaciousness1598

diablerie1751

devilry1841

devilment1843

daredevilry1859

daredeviltry1881

daredevilism1886

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lxvii. 332 A fellow..who has the daring and devilry in him of twenty fellows.

1842 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland II. 340 The reckless ‘devilry’ of a former time, and the decent hilarity of the present.

1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. i. i. 10 Too sober and studious for such man-at-arms sort of devilry.

1887 M. E. Braddon Like & Unlike I. ix. 204 What devilry has brought you here, in that get-up.

1939 Manch. Guardian 29 May 16/1 A little English country lad..crammed with devilry, gushing with health.

2014 P. Earle Bubble Wrap Boy xli. 221 Two minutes to smash as many [skateboard] tricks as possible, with as much grace, devilry and, most importantly, as much air between the deck and the floor.

†2. A devil, an evil spirit, esp. one possessing a person. Also: (an instance of) demonic possession. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun]

evil angel, spiritc950

ghosteOE

uncleanOE

demonOE

devilOE

devilshineOE

groa1225

debleriea1325

devilnessa1400

devilryc1400

sprat?a1475

nicker1481

fiend of hell1509

imp1526

virtue1584

elf1587

succubus1601

blue devilc1616

black man1656

woolsaw1757

buggane1775

bhut1785

demonic1785

pishachi1807

devil-devil1831

skookum1838

taipo1848

lightning bird1870

demonry1883

pisaca1885

mafufunyanas1963

mare1981

c1400 Last Age of Church (1840) p. xxiv Chaffare walkynge in derkenessis, & myddais deuylrie, þat is to seye, antecrist.

c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 2037 For to cast out dyvelleres he gaf the auctoritee.

c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies i. ix, in Anglia (1885) 8 144 Þis maner of deuilry myghte not anoon be custen [read casten] oute.

c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies i. ix, in Anglia (1885) 8 143 Temptyd of þe deuelry þat walkes in derknesse.

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 35^v A Dewylry, demonium.

a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 192 (MED) He delyuerede the douȝter of a kynge..the whiche douȝter was afore trowbillyd with deuelrye, and sche was also lunatyke.

1602 J. Welch tr. St. Bernard of Clairvaux in Reply G. Browne 45 A deuilrie not only in the day tyde, but in the very noone-tyde.

3. The exercising of supernatural power involving or attributed to the Devil or devils; diabolical art, black magic. Also: the practice of dealing with the Devil or with devils; diabolism.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > involving demons or black magic

devilshineOE

artemagea1393

art magica1393

devilry1487

goety1569

black art1572

black magic1590

diabolism1614

demonomancy1652

goetic1727

diablerie1751

demonomagy1765

demonurgy1797

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 690 Throu thair gret clergy, Or ellis throu thair deuilry [1489 Adv. dewilry].

a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ix. l. 2400 Be wichcraft or dewillry.

a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) v. l. 5615 He halowid..And purgit it [sc. the temple] of al dewilry Þat heythynnys oyssit opynly.

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. B5^v Art magike, witchcraft, and all kind of diuelrie.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 287 The king throuch the arte of Magik, Witchcraft, and deuilrie was consumet.

a1617 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1827) 396 All ther deuellerie culd do na harm to the K[ing].

1680 A. L. tr. N. de Montfaucon de Villars Count of Gabalis 98 That is needless (said he) I'll go make my self invisible. Ha! Sir (cried I) no Devilry (if you please).

1702 in H. Paton Minnigaff Parish Rec. (1939) 81 That pice of devilrie commonly called turning the riddle.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc vii. 556 Witch though she be, methinks Her devilry could neither blunt the edge Of thy good sword, or mine.

1849 W. H. Ainsworth Lancashire Witches III. x. 319 Ey charge her wi' makin' wax images, an' stickin' pins in 'em, wi' intent to kill folk. Hoo wad ha' kilt me mysel', wi' her devilry, if ey hadna bin too strong for her.

1867 M. E. Braddon R. Godwin III. iii. 44 By what devilry did he stumble upon the truth.

1934 Scotsman 9 Apr. 8/7 Long ago Janet Hourans, a witch, was burned in a tar barrel, being accused of causing the Nith to overflow..and of doing other devilry.

2003 Q Spring (Led Zeppelin Special ed.) 64/1 Rumours of devilry dogged Led Zeppelin throughout their career. It was whispered they owed their very success to a satanic pact.

4. Works carried out by or with the help of the Devil or a devil; action performed by the Devil or a devil. Also as a count noun: an invention or device of the Devil or a devil; an act performed by a devil; a diabolical or devilish device or creation.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > devilish conduct

devilry1533

satanitya1626

devilment1731

1533 W. Tyndale Souper of Lorde f. 10 Thei be prouede starke lyes and very deuelrye.

1581 Admon. to Antichristian Ministers sig. Bij^v Double sonnis of Deuilrie!

1832 Examiner 15 July 453/2 The carrying-off of Don Juan was managed by the same identical red-and-yellow gauze winged devilry.

a1876 G. Dawson Biogr. Lect. (1887) 38 He fought for light against darkness, for God's truth against Devilry.

1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim xiv. 170 But there—in those seas—the incident was rare enough to resemble a special arrangement of a malevolent providence, which..appeared an utterly aimless piece of devilry.

1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Fellowship of Ring 342 There is some new devilry here..devised for our welcome, no doubt.

2015 I. Vannoey Stupid Poems 11 23 Mephistopheles conjures up a fiendish piece of devilry.

5. Devils or diabolical beings collectively; a company of devils; a realm of devils.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > collective or race of

devilry1583

demonkind1706

orken1855

1583 T. Stocker tr. P. Viret 2nd Pt. Demoniacke Worlde v. sig. G4^v, in W. Chauncie tr. P. Viret Worlde Possessed with Deuils Couetousnesse..begetteth suche a number of great & litle Diuels..as that the whole worlde is nothing els but a Diuelrie.

a1585 P. Hume Flyting with Montgomerie (Tullibardine) viii. 10 in Poems A. Montgomerie (2000) I. 168 Leve boigillis, brouneis, gyr carlingis and ghaistis. Dastard, þow daffis that with sic dewillrie mellis.

1664 J. Fullarton Turtle-dove sig. d3^v That stinking pudle, where the dregs and spawn of all the devilry of hell is engrossed.

1763 St. James's Mag. Feb. 401 Witches, good and bad ghosts, conjurors, will o'the whisp's, &c. nay..you shall have the same spirits, or devilry, acted in ev'ry town and village throughout his majesty's dominions.

1837 W. H. Ainsworth Crichton I. vii. 169 Oh! rare is the revelry Of Tartarus' devilry!

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics II. viii. ix. 115 The swarming devilry that everywhere attends him.

1889 19th Cent. June 943 Then will Satan and all his devilry, along with the wicked whom they have seduced to their destruction, be hurled into the abyss of unquenchable fire.

1987–8 Soviet Stud. Lit. Winter 51 This unhealthy fantasy..depicts..a world filled with all sorts of devilry (witches, spirits, fantastical monsters, and so forth).

2009 K. Dickson tr. T. Egeland Guardians of Covenant ii. 250 ‘In the 1500s, Johann Weyer..calculated that there were 7,405,926 demons, divided into 1,111 legions of 6,666 members each.’.. Luigi takes over: ‘The head of all this devilry, Satan, has been a controversial figure through the centuries.’

6. A work of art or literature that has devils as its subject; a description or representation of devils; folklore or mythology concerning devils or the Devil. Cf. diablerie n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > demonology

demonology1597

diabolism1608

diabology1693

diablerie1726

devilry1737

diabolology1831

demonography1852

1737 J. Ozell in tr. F. Rabelais Wks. I. iv. 149 More or fewer Actors, among whom were commonly some Devils... These pious Theatrical Representations were called petite, or grand Diablerie. Petite (little Devilry) when there were less than four Devils.

1844 D. Masson Three Devils in Ess. (1856) iii. 80 The second part of Faust is devilry all through, a tissue of bewilderments and devilries.

1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture II. 230 The evil demon Aeshma Daeva..becoming the Asmodeus of the book of Tobit, afterwards to find a place in the devilry of the middle ages.

1979 M. Baca tr. P. Bianconi Bruegel 14/1 Two of Bruegel's favorite motifs were humorous pieces and ‘devilries’ à la Bosch.

2014 Church Times 4 Apr. 25/1 Levack's book is an undeniably impressive tour of devilry in early modern Europe—and one that highlights an intriguing development in the history of Christianity.

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

单词	devilry
释义	devilryn. Brit. /ˈdɛvlri/, U.S. /ˈdɛv(ə)lri/ Forms: see devil n. and -ry suffix; also late Middle English dyvellere, 1600s deuellerie, 1600s deuillary. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: devil n., -ry suffix. Etymology: < devil n. + -ry suffix.With sense 1 compare Middle French, French diablerie diabolical act or thing (see diablerie n.). In use with reference to works of art and literature (see sense 6) after French diablerie; with this sense compare earlier diablerie n. 2. With the forms dyvellere and deuellerie compare -ery suffix. With the form deuillary compare -ary suffix¹. 1. a. Sinful or perverse action, conduct, or character; extreme evildoing, wickedness, or cruelty. Also: a wicked or sinful act; an instance of evildoing or cruelty. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > diabolicalness > [noun] devilrya1400 devility1588 devilship1644 devilism1647 diabolicalness1652 diablerie1653 diabolism1660 deviltry1772 demonry1805 diabolicity1861 demonishnessa1930 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > devilish wickedness devilrya1400 devility1588 devilship1644 devilism1647 diabolicalness1652 diablerie1653 diabolism1660 deviltry1772 demonry1805 diabolicity1861 infernalism1864 demonishnessa1930 a1400 Mirror (Hunterian 250) (2003) x. 117 Þan wexen synnes and gret vices, couaites and lecherie, and many maner of trecheries and giles, pride and þefte and manslauȝt and foule þouȝtes and auoutries, ȝelpyngges and lesynges and many oþer diuers deuelries. a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 95 Ther was nethir God ne angelle that euir medelid with suche a devilrye or mokkerye [Fr. de telle desuerie]. 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. M2^v These they giue to euery one, that wil giue money for them, to maintaine them in their hethenrie, diuelrie, whordome, drunkennes, pride, and what not. 1637 J. Bastwick Letany i. 19/2 Greater cruelty..(to say nothing of deuillary, atheisme and popery) I know no where. 1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. xxi. 200 Her forgeries (to excuse her own Devilry) had so instigated them, that they sought my ruine by all wayes imaginable. 1701 J. Brand Brief Descr. Orkney, Zetland v. 55 There is much horrid wickedness and manifest Devilry too,..so that no part of the Kingdom can plead not guilty. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. viii. 63/2 What devilry soever Kings do, the Greeks must pay the piper! 1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude x. 199 Finding that such is the devilry of circumstances. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. xiv. 324 I..took to all sorts of devilries out of despair and fury. 1870 Daily News 24 Sept. A sight of misery, chaos, disorganisation, and general devilry. 1943 Lubbock (Texas) Morning Avalanche 8 Apr. 10/4 What we have been regarding as a..spur-of-the moment crime is (in actuality) as cold-blooded and carefully planned a piece of devilry as we have yet encountered. 2001 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 13 Sept. 14 She said the devilry, evil and cunning of these attacks was extraordinary. b. Reckless mischief or boisterousness; wild spirits. Also: a devilish, rascally, or rash disposition; mischievousness, daring. Frequently humorous or playful. Cf. devilment n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > daring > reckless daring > [noun] hardydardya1529 audaciousness1598 diablerie1751 devilry1841 devilment1843 daredevilry1859 daredeviltry1881 daredevilism1886 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lxvii. 332 A fellow..who has the daring and devilry in him of twenty fellows. 1842 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland II. 340 The reckless ‘devilry’ of a former time, and the decent hilarity of the present. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. i. i. 10 Too sober and studious for such man-at-arms sort of devilry. 1887 M. E. Braddon Like & Unlike I. ix. 204 What devilry has brought you here, in that get-up. 1939 Manch. Guardian 29 May 16/1 A little English country lad..crammed with devilry, gushing with health. 2014 P. Earle Bubble Wrap Boy xli. 221 Two minutes to smash as many [skateboard] tricks as possible, with as much grace, devilry and, most importantly, as much air between the deck and the floor. †2. A devil, an evil spirit, esp. one possessing a person. Also: (an instance of) demonic possession. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] evil angel, spiritc950 ghosteOE uncleanOE demonOE devilOE devilshineOE groa1225 debleriea1325 devilnessa1400 devilryc1400 sprat?a1475 nicker1481 fiend of hell1509 imp1526 virtue1584 elf1587 succubus1601 blue devilc1616 black man1656 woolsaw1757 buggane1775 bhut1785 demonic1785 pishachi1807 devil-devil1831 skookum1838 taipo1848 lightning bird1870 demonry1883 pisaca1885 mafufunyanas1963 mare1981 c1400 Last Age of Church (1840) p. xxiv Chaffare walkynge in derkenessis, & myddais deuylrie, þat is to seye, antecrist. c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 2037 For to cast out dyvelleres he gaf the auctoritee. c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies i. ix, in Anglia (1885) 8 144 Þis maner of deuilry myghte not anoon be custen [read casten] oute. c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies i. ix, in Anglia (1885) 8 143 Temptyd of þe deuelry þat walkes in derknesse. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 35^v A Dewylry, demonium. a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 192 (MED) He delyuerede the douȝter of a kynge..the whiche douȝter was afore trowbillyd with deuelrye, and sche was also lunatyke. 1602 J. Welch tr. St. Bernard of Clairvaux in Reply G. Browne 45 A deuilrie not only in the day tyde, but in the very noone-tyde. 3. The exercising of supernatural power involving or attributed to the Devil or devils; diabolical art, black magic. Also: the practice of dealing with the Devil or with devils; diabolism. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > involving demons or black magic devilshineOE artemagea1393 art magica1393 devilry1487 goety1569 black art1572 black magic1590 diabolism1614 demonomancy1652 goetic1727 diablerie1751 demonomagy1765 demonurgy1797 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 690 Throu thair gret clergy, Or ellis throu thair deuilry [1489 Adv. dewilry]. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ix. l. 2400 Be wichcraft or dewillry. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) v. l. 5615 He halowid..And purgit it [sc. the temple] of al dewilry Þat heythynnys oyssit opynly. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. B5^v Art magike, witchcraft, and all kind of diuelrie. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 287 The king throuch the arte of Magik, Witchcraft, and deuilrie was consumet. a1617 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1827) 396 All ther deuellerie culd do na harm to the K[ing]. 1680 A. L. tr. N. de Montfaucon de Villars Count of Gabalis 98 That is needless (said he) I'll go make my self invisible. Ha! Sir (cried I) no Devilry (if you please). 1702 in H. Paton Minnigaff Parish Rec. (1939) 81 That pice of devilrie commonly called turning the riddle. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc vii. 556 Witch though she be, methinks Her devilry could neither blunt the edge Of thy good sword, or mine. 1849 W. H. Ainsworth Lancashire Witches III. x. 319 Ey charge her wi' makin' wax images, an' stickin' pins in 'em, wi' intent to kill folk. Hoo wad ha' kilt me mysel', wi' her devilry, if ey hadna bin too strong for her. 1867 M. E. Braddon R. Godwin III. iii. 44 By what devilry did he stumble upon the truth. 1934 Scotsman 9 Apr. 8/7 Long ago Janet Hourans, a witch, was burned in a tar barrel, being accused of causing the Nith to overflow..and of doing other devilry. 2003 Q Spring (Led Zeppelin Special ed.) 64/1 Rumours of devilry dogged Led Zeppelin throughout their career. It was whispered they owed their very success to a satanic pact. 4. Works carried out by or with the help of the Devil or a devil; action performed by the Devil or a devil. Also as a count noun: an invention or device of the Devil or a devil; an act performed by a devil; a diabolical or devilish device or creation. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > devilish conduct devilry1533 satanitya1626 devilment1731 1533 W. Tyndale Souper of Lorde f. 10 Thei be prouede starke lyes and very deuelrye. 1581 Admon. to Antichristian Ministers sig. Bij^v Double sonnis of Deuilrie! 1832 Examiner 15 July 453/2 The carrying-off of Don Juan was managed by the same identical red-and-yellow gauze winged devilry. a1876 G. Dawson Biogr. Lect. (1887) 38 He fought for light against darkness, for God's truth against Devilry. 1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim xiv. 170 But there—in those seas—the incident was rare enough to resemble a special arrangement of a malevolent providence, which..appeared an utterly aimless piece of devilry. 1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Fellowship of Ring 342 There is some new devilry here..devised for our welcome, no doubt. 2015 I. Vannoey Stupid Poems 11 23 Mephistopheles conjures up a fiendish piece of devilry. 5. Devils or diabolical beings collectively; a company of devils; a realm of devils. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > collective or race of devilry1583 demonkind1706 orken1855 1583 T. Stocker tr. P. Viret 2nd Pt. Demoniacke Worlde v. sig. G4^v, in W. Chauncie tr. P. Viret Worlde Possessed with Deuils Couetousnesse..begetteth suche a number of great & litle Diuels..as that the whole worlde is nothing els but a Diuelrie. a1585 P. Hume Flyting with Montgomerie (Tullibardine) viii. 10 in Poems A. Montgomerie (2000) I. 168 Leve boigillis, brouneis, gyr carlingis and ghaistis. Dastard, þow daffis that with sic dewillrie mellis. 1664 J. Fullarton Turtle-dove sig. d3^v That stinking pudle, where the dregs and spawn of all the devilry of hell is engrossed. 1763 St. James's Mag. Feb. 401 Witches, good and bad ghosts, conjurors, will o'the whisp's, &c. nay..you shall have the same spirits, or devilry, acted in ev'ry town and village throughout his majesty's dominions. 1837 W. H. Ainsworth Crichton I. vii. 169 Oh! rare is the revelry Of Tartarus' devilry! 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics II. viii. ix. 115 The swarming devilry that everywhere attends him. 1889 19th Cent. June 943 Then will Satan and all his devilry, along with the wicked whom they have seduced to their destruction, be hurled into the abyss of unquenchable fire. 1987–8 Soviet Stud. Lit. Winter 51 This unhealthy fantasy..depicts..a world filled with all sorts of devilry (witches, spirits, fantastical monsters, and so forth). 2009 K. Dickson tr. T. Egeland Guardians of Covenant ii. 250 ‘In the 1500s, Johann Weyer..calculated that there were 7,405,926 demons, divided into 1,111 legions of 6,666 members each.’.. Luigi takes over: ‘The head of all this devilry, Satan, has been a controversial figure through the centuries.’ 6. A work of art or literature that has devils as its subject; a description or representation of devils; folklore or mythology concerning devils or the Devil. Cf. diablerie n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > demonology demonology1597 diabolism1608 diabology1693 diablerie1726 devilry1737 diabolology1831 demonography1852 1737 J. Ozell in tr. F. Rabelais Wks. I. iv. 149 More or fewer Actors, among whom were commonly some Devils... These pious Theatrical Representations were called petite, or grand Diablerie. Petite (little Devilry) when there were less than four Devils. 1844 D. Masson Three Devils in Ess. (1856) iii. 80 The second part of Faust is devilry all through, a tissue of bewilderments and devilries. 1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture II. 230 The evil demon Aeshma Daeva..becoming the Asmodeus of the book of Tobit, afterwards to find a place in the devilry of the middle ages. 1979 M. Baca tr. P. Bianconi Bruegel 14/1 Two of Bruegel's favorite motifs were humorous pieces and ‘devilries’ à la Bosch. 2014 Church Times 4 Apr. 25/1 Levack's book is an undeniably impressive tour of devilry in early modern Europe—and one that highlights an intriguing development in the history of Christianity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400
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