INFERNAL


Meaning of INFERNAL in English

■ adjective

1》 relating to hell or the underworld.

2》 informal terrible; awful: you're an ~ nuisance.

Derivatives

~ly adverb

Origin

ME: from OFr., from Christian L. ~is , from L. infernus 'below, underground', used in Christianity to mean 'hell'.

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