devilment

[ dev-uhl-muhnt ]
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noun
  1. devilish action or conduct; deviltry.

Origin of devilment

1
First recorded in 1765–75; devil + -ment

Words Nearby devilment

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How to use devilment in a sentence

  • The bad part is that people like this are being used in the larger hyper-partisan devilment.

    Introducing Beast Books | Tina Brown | January 22, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • But according to another legend he was a mere mortal, who had in life bitter experience of the devilment of his peculiar deity.

    The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. Wigram
  • He said that I was learnin' 'em nobody knowed whut devilment.

    From Place to Place | Irvin S. Cobb
  • "Pretty much what he always was doing,—mischief and devilment," said the Knight, half angrily.

  • "I know things is wrong on Trigger,—I am afeared Todd is at his devilment again," he said.

    Mothering on Perilous | Lucy S. Furman
  • What devilment was the reef hatching now, that its claws should relax their clutch on the pillar and its icy spray be withheld?

    The Pillar of Light | Louis Tracy

British Dictionary definitions for devilment

devilment

/ (ˈdɛvəlmənt) /


noun
  1. devilish or mischievous conduct

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