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Webster 1913 Edition
Infernal
In-fer′nal
,Adj.
1.
Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto’s realm of the dead, the Tartarus of the ancients.
The Elysian fields, the
infernal
monarchy. Garth.
2.
Of or pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting, hell; suitable for hell, or to the character of the inhabitants of hell; hellish; diabolical;
as,
. infernal
spirits, or conductThe instruments or abettors in such
infernal
dealings. Addison.
Syn. – Tartarean; Stygian; hellish; devilish; diabolical; satanic; fiendish; malicious.
In-fer′nal
,Noun.
An inhabitant of the infernal regions; also, the place itself.
[Obs.]
Drayton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Infernal
INFERN'AL
,Adj.
1.
Properly, pertaining to the lower regions, or regions of the dead, the Tartarus of the ancients. Hence,2.
Pertaining to hell; inhabiting hell; as infernal spirits.3.
Hellish; resembling the temper of infernal spirits; malicious; diabolical; very wicked and detestable.INFERN'AL
,Noun.
Infernal stone [Lapis infernalis.] a name formerly given to lunar caustic, a substance prepared from an evaporated solution of silver, or from crystals of silver.
Lunar caustic is nitrate of silver fused and cast in small cylinders.
Definition 2024
infernal
infernal
English
Adjective
infernal (comparative more infernal, superlative most infernal)
- Of or relating to ****, or the world of the dead; hellish.
- (by extension) Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
- Stygian, gloomy.
- Diabolical or fiendish.
- Addison
- the instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings
- Addison
- (as an expletive, not vulgar) Very annoying; damned.
- 1905, Bram Stoker, The Man
- As I had to put up with the patronage and the lecturings, and the eyeglass of that infernal old woman, […]
- 1905, Bram Stoker, The Man
Related terms
Antonyms
- (of or relating to ****): heavenly
Translations
Of or relating to ****, or the world of the dead; hellish
stygian, gloomy
Noun
infernal (plural infernals)
- (obsolete) An inhabitant of the infernal regions.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Drayton to this entry?)
French
Etymology
From Latin infernalis
Adjective
infernal m (feminine singular infernale, masculine plural infernaux, feminine plural infernales)
Old French
Etymology
From Latin infernālis
Adjective
infernal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular infernale)
- infernal (relating to ****)
Declension
Declension of infernal
| Number | Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Subject | infernals, infernaus, infernax | infernale | infernal |
| Oblique | infernal | infernale | infernal | |
| Plural | Subject | infernal | infernales | infernal |
| Oblique | infernals, infernaus, infernax | infernales | infernal |
Descendants
Portuguese
Adjective
infernal m, f (plural infernais, comparable)
- (Christianity) hellish; infernal (from or relating to ****)
- diabolical; evil; infernal
Synonyms
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin infernalis
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.fɛr.nal/
Adjective
infernal m, f (plural infernales)