devil

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  1. noun In many religions, the major personified spirit of evil, ruler of Hell, and foe of God. Used with the.
  2. noun A subordinate evil spirit; a demon.
  3. noun A wicked or malevolent person.
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  1. Middle English devel, from Old English dēofol, from Latin diabolus, from Late Greek diabolos, from Greek, slanderer, from diaballein, to slander : dia-, dia- + ballein, to hurl; see gwelə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also formerly devel (devell, etc.), also and still dial. or colloq. divel (divell, etc.), and contr. deil, deel, deal, deale, dule, etc.; from Middle English devil, devel, devell, divell, deovel, contr. deul, dule, del, etc., from Anglo-Saxon deófol, deóful, oldest form dióbal = Old Saxon diubal = OFries. diovel, divel, = Dutch duivel = Middle Low German duvel, Low German dävel = Old High German tiufal, tiuval, tiefal, Middle High German tiuvel, tiufel, tiefel, tuvel, German teufel = Icelandic djöfull = Swedish djefvul = Danish djævel = Gothic (Moesogothic) diabula, diabaulus, diabulus = Old French diable, deable, French diable = Provencal diable, diabol = Spanish diablo = Portuguese diabo = Italian diavolo, from Late Latin diabolus, a devil, the devil, = Old Bulgarian diyavolŭ, dĭyavolŭ, Bulgarian diyavol = Servian dyavo = Bohemian d'abel = Polish djabel, dyabel (barred l) = Sorbian dyabol = Russian dĭyavolŭ, diavolŭ, devil, from Greek διάβολος, a slanderer, in New Testament and ecclesiastical use the devil, from διαβάλλειν, slander, traduce, literally throw across, from διά through, across, + βάλλειν, throw. Cf. diabolic, etc.
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