单词 | hell-born |
释义 | hell-bornadj. colloquial. Originating from or as from hell; hellish, evil; horrific, terrible. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [adjective] > originating from hell-born1589 hell-bred1590 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. Hv Hell-borne Fame, the eldest daughter of Erinnis, enuying the felicitie of these two famous Louers,..vnburdened hir selfe of hir secrets in the presence of yong Pleusidippus. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. L1 That Iealousie it selfe could not mistrust,..Or blot with Hell-born sin such Saint-like forms. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 687 Retire, or taste thy folly, and learn by proof, Hell-born, not to contend with Spirits of Heav'n. View more context for this quotation 1691 R. Ames Siege & Surrender of Mons i. ii. 6 Rather then such designing Hell-Born Rogues Should want due punishment I'd once turn Hang-man. 1752 E. Young Brothers iv. i Hell-born impostor! 1793 H. Boyd Poems 159 Midnight and her hell-born hags. 1851 W. E. Gladstone State Prosecutions Neapolitan Govt. 9 The hell-born spirit of revenge. 1884 N. Amer. Rev. Aug. 196 Prohibitionists rarely mention the crimes of the hell-born traffic. 1934 D. Thomas 18 Poems 15 Wind in me leaped, the hellborn dew. 1977 M. Torres in R. P. Rettig et al. Manny ii. 35/1 When you see your red river of life well up in the glass, you press in that hellborn liquid fire and the whole universe rushes on you. 2004 Liverpool Echo (Nexis) 15 Apr. 6 The agony of recalling the hell-born horror of the victims and the trauma of their poor families. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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