2007-07-23 17:34:15 · 3 answers · asked by mamamerrie 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Main Entry: in·fer·nal
Pronunciation: \in-ˈfər-nəl\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French enfernal, from Late Latin infernalis, from infernus hell, from Latin, lower, from inferus
Date: 14th century
1: of or relating to a nether world of the dead
2 a: of or relating to hell b: hellish, diabolical
3: damnable
— in·fer·nal·ly \-nəl-ē\ adverb
2007-07-23 17:38:16 · answer #1 · answered by kelliekareen 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
in·fer·nal [in fúrn’l]
adj
1. very annoying: extremely annoying or unpleasant (informal)
2. relating to underworld: relating to hell or the underworld
3. diabolical in nature: so wicked or cruel as to be worthy of hell
[14th century. From Old French , from, ultimately, Latin infernus “lower, the underworld.” Ultimately from an Indo-European word meaning “beneath” that is also the ancestor of English under and inferior.]
-in·fer·nal·ly, adv
2007-07-24 00:39:01 · answer #2 · answered by knight1192a 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think hot--like fire--inferno, i think
2007-07-24 00:36:43 · answer #3 · answered by stuartzoo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋