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devilry

[ dev-uhl-ree ]

noun

, plural dev·il·ries.


devilry

/ ˈdɛvəlrɪ /

noun

  1. reckless or malicious fun or mischief
  2. wickedness or cruelty
  3. black magic or other forms of diabolism


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Word History and Origins

Origin of devilry1

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; devil, -ry

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Word History and Origins

Origin of devilry1

C18: from French diablerie, from diable devil

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Example Sentences

He was surrounded with bravado and devilry, with all the disbanded sins of the Flanders regiments.

The pen can give but a shadow of the drollery and devilry of the sweet, merry rogues that hailed the smiling morn.

They are desperate, then, and seem to exult in devilry of all kinds.

So I hit him, and hit him rather hard, for what he had said out of pure devilry.

All the—passez-moi le mot—devilry between the sexes begins at their separation.

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