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devilry
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun devilry has 2 senses
- devilry(n = noun.act) deviltry - wicked and cruel behavior; Array is a kind of evil, immorality, iniquity, wickedness
- devilry(n = noun.act) devilment, deviltry, mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan - reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others; Array is a kind of misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed
has particulars: blaze, hell, monkey business, hooliganism, malicious mischief, vandalism
Derived form verb devil1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
devilry, n. (also deviltry) (pl. -ies)
1 a wickedness; reckless mischief. b an instance of this.
2 a black magic. b the Devil and his works.
1 a wickedness; reckless mischief. b an instance of this.
2 a black magic. b the Devil and his works.
Etymology
OF diablerie: -try wrongly after harlotry etc.
THESAURUS
devilry
Black Mass, Satanism, arrantness, badness, baseness, bitchiness, black magic, chthonian worship, cruelty, cussedness, demonism, demonography, demonolatry, demonology, demonomancy, demonomy, demonry, devil lore, devil worship, devilishness, devilment, deviltry, diablerie, diabolism, diabology, diabolology, elfishness, evil, evil intent, evilness, fiendishness, flagitiousness, foolishness, foulness, harmfulness, hatefulness, heinousness, hellishness, high spirits, impishness, iniquitousness, iniquity, invidiousness, knavery, knavishness, maleficence, malevolence, malice, malice aforethought, malice prepense, maliciousness, malignance, malignancy, malignity, meanness, mischief, mischievousness, nastiness, naughtiness, nefariousness, noxiousness, orneriness, perversity, playfulness, prankishness, pranksomeness, puckishness, rankness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, scampishness, sinfulness, sorcery, sportiveness, viciousness, vileness, villainousness, villainy, waggery, waggishness, wickedness, youthful spirits
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