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Webster 1913 Edition


Demidevil

Dem′i-devˊil

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Noun.
A half devil.
Shak.

Definition 2024


demidevil

demidevil

English

Noun

demidevil (plural demidevils)

  1. A half-devil.
    • Shakespeare:
      Othello: Will you, I pray, demand that demi-devil / Why he hath thus ensnared my body and soul?

References

  • demidevil in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913