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語源

First attested between 1350 and 1400 from Middle English diabolik, from Middle French diabolique, from Late Latin diabolicus, from Ancient Greek διαβολικός (diabolikós, “devilish”), from διάβολος (diábolos, “devil”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˌdaɪəˈbɒlɪk/

形容詞

diabolic (comparative more diabolic, superlative most diabolic)

1. Showing wickedness typical of a devil.
   • 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.

   diabolic magic square

   a cunning and diabolic plot

2. Extremely evil or cruel.

   fires lit up a diabolic scene

同意語

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

派生語

• diabolical

参照

• Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “diabolic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

アナグラム

• biocidal