Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Devilish behavior; mischief.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Deviltry; trickery; roguishness; mischief: often used in a ludicrous sense without necessarily implying malice: as, he did it out of more devilment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Deviltry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
devilish action or conduct; mischief.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
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Examples
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"Some kind of devilment," muttered the forest runner.
The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005
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"Some kind of devilment," muttered the forest runner.
The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005
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` Some kind of devilment, 'muttered the forest runner.
The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989
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"Some kind of devilment," muttered the forest runner.
Conan The Warrior Howard, Robert E. 1973
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"Some kind of devilment," muttered the forest runner.
Conan The Warrior Howard, Robert E. 1967
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She says that colored people are naturally religious and that they learned all their "devilment" from the Whites.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration
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In the reaction from Sunday evening's intensity and strain she was especially full of what Miss Cornelia would have called "devilment" on Monday.
Rainbow Valley Lucy Maud 1919
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Now it will be much easier for the judge to determine whether the woman in the case had at the critical time an especial inclination to this "devilment," than to discover whether her own husband was sexually insufficient, or whatever similar secrets might be involved.
Criminal Psychology: a manual for judges, practitioners, and students 1911
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They both tried to talk of ordinary things for the few moments before that meal was announced, and then some kind of devilment seemed to come into Amaryllis -- nothing could have been more seductive or alluring than her manner, while keeping to strict convention.
The Price of Things Elinor Glyn 1903
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It is so hard for them not to fall into affectations of either virtue or vice, or into some 'devilment' worse still.
Selections from the Letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle 1892
madmouth commented on the word devilment
We'll have none of these foreign devilments!
April 13, 2009
bilby commented on the word devilment
"My devilment waxed apace, and I followed them. At the same time, I was fully conscious that I was playing a mad prank without being able to stop myself."
- Knut Hamsun, 'Hunger'.
July 25, 2009