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語源

From 中期英語 diabolik, from Middle French diabolique, from Late Latin diabolicus, from Late Latin dis- (“badly”)+Late Latin ballo (“dance”), from *gʷelH- (“throw”). First attested in 1350–1400.

発音

• IPA: /ˌdaɪəˈbɒlɪk/

形容詞

diabolic (comparative more diabolic, superlative most diabolic)

1. Of, being, or pertaining to a devil or the Devil.

   diabolic magic square

   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 259:

     "The Sovereign Council of Wisdom," or the Order of Palladium, founded in Paris, was a diabolic order claiming masonic origin.

2. (figuratively) Having qualities traditionally attributed to devils.
   1. (especially) Wicked; evil; cruel.

      a cunning and diabolic plot

      fires lit up a diabolic scene

同意語

• devilish, mephistophelian, mephistophelean
• demonic, fiendish, hellish, infernal, satanic, unholy

派生語

参照

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “diabolic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

アナグラム

• biocidal