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English
Etymology
From Middle English develrye; equivalent to devil + -ry.
Pronunciation
Noun
devilry (countable and uncountable, plural devilries)
- Mischief.
2007 January 2, Arianne Cohen, Colleen Kinder, Confessions of a High School Word Nerd: Laugh Your Gluteus* Off and Increase Your SAT Verbal Score, Penguin, →ISBN, page 124:Their newfound devilry : prank-calling local businesses.
- Wickedness; cruelty.
2016 August 9, Leanna Renee Hieber, Eterna and Omega: The Eterna Files #2, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 239:"The Master's Society wishes to overturn the world order into his hands by devilry and chaos. There is good news that Mr. Stevens is repentant and under our employ and gave us a significant store of antidote for the violent toxin. We can dose the MPs."
- An action performed with the help of a devil; witchcraft.
- An act of such mischief, wickedness, cruelty, or witchcraft.
2023 September 19, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Untamed Shore, Del Rey, →ISBN:[…] pranks and devilries which turned slowly more unpleasant.
Derived terms
Translations
An act of such mischief, wickedness, cruelty or witchcraft
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