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hyperdiabolical

adj

Etymology

From hyper- + diabolical.

  1. derived from διαβολικός
  2. derived from diabolicus
  3. derived from diabolique
  4. inherited from diabolik
  5. suffixed as diabolical — “diabolic + al”
  6. prefixed as hyperdiabolical — “hyper + diabolical”

Definitions

  1. Extraordinarily diabolical.

    • The revelation of the Gunpowder Plot caused a sensation. Members of Parliament wept at their providential deliverance from what one overwrought minister described as ‘hyperdiabolical devilishness’.

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