Diabolical (adj)
dai-a-bol-i-kal
Characteristic of the Devil, or so evil as to be suggestive of the Devil.
(British) (informal) Disgracefully bad or unpleasant.
Late Middle English (as diabolic): from Old French diabolique or ecclesiastical Latin diabolicus, from diabolus ‘devil’; the form diabolical dates from the early 16th century.
Example sentences
“He showed a diabolical cunning.”
“His diabolical behaviour drove everyone away.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
