/in ferr"noh/ ; for 3 also It. /een ferdd"naw/ , n. , pl. infernos .
1. hell; the infernal regions.
2. a place or region that resembles hell: The ironworks was an inferno of molten steel and half-naked bodies.
3. ( cap., italics ) the first part of Dante's Divine Comedy, depicting hell and the suffering of the damned. Cf. paradise (def. 7), purgatory (def. 2).
[ 1825-35; infernus hell, n. use of L infernus; see INFERNAL ]
Syn. 2. furnace, hellhole, oven.