the devil
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the devil¹
adverb the Devil
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Used to add emphasis to a question or statement.
What the devil are you doing here at this time of night?
Similar: the dickens
the Devil²
adverb
- Alternative letter-case form of the devil What’s all this!---what’s here to do!---what the Devil are you all about!---Zounds! who do you want here, Mr. Trueman?
proper noun
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see the, Devil.
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adv adds emphasis to a question or statement
| Português | diabos |
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Talk about this word "the devil." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/the%20devil. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. the devil. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/the%20devil "the devil." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/the%20devil.
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@misc{the_devil_2026,
title = {the devil},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/the%20devil},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
