devilment

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; troublemaking behaviour; mischief; an instance of this.
2. noun A devilish, mischievous, or reckless nature; mischievousness. Something cruel or evil; also, something which causes distress or suffering. Something cleverly constructed. A dish which is devilled (“made piquant or spicy”); a devil; also, the elements of the dish which make it spicy, or the piquancy or spiciness of the dish.
3. noun A devilish, mischievous, or reckless nature; mischievousness.
4. noun Something cruel or evil; also, something which causes distress or suffering.
5. noun Something cleverly constructed.
6. noun A dish which is devilled (“made piquant or spicy”); a devil; also, the elements of the dish which make it spicy, or the piquancy or spiciness of the dish.

Similar words

devilry roguery mischievousness mischief rascality roguishness shenanigan deviltry mischief-making diabolism

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Word family

devilments