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diabolic

The origin and history of diabolic.

Etymology

From Middle English diabolik, which came from Middle French diabolique, from Late Latin diabolicus, from Ancient Greek διαβολικός (diabolikós, “devilish”), from διάβολος (diábolos, “devil”). First recorded 1350–1400.

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