INFERNO


Meaning of INFERNO in English

■ noun ( plural ~s )

1》 a large fire that is dangerously out of control.

2》 ( Inferno ) hell (with reference to Dante's Divine Comedy ).

Origin

C19: from Ital., from Christian L. infernus (see infernal ).

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