diable
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of diable
French: literally, “devil” ( devil ( def. ) )
Example Sentences
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The main course was game hens crapaudine à la diable — spatchcocked birds coated with mustard, inspired by the way Fernand Point did them at his legendary French restaurant, La Pyramide.
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2021
J’imaginais aussi des histoires de diable tournant en rond dans la Grange à douze côtés, et créais une numérologie intime à moi.
From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2017
Marina Poplavskaya, centre, in Royal Opera's Robert le diable: ‘Fascinating and ridiculous and something one never need see again.’
From The Guardian • Dec. 9, 2012
The five-act Robert le diable, premiered in Paris in 1831, was a hit until 20th-century turpitude deemed it bad taste – would you credit it? – and the work fell out of favour.
From The Guardian • Dec. 9, 2012
Already, in 1826, we find Count d'Orsay writing to Francis Hare in August—"Quel diable vous possede de rester � Florence, sans Pauls, sans rien enfin, except� un rhume imaginaire pour excuse?"
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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