deevil

Scots

Noun

deevil (plural deevils)

1. Alternative form of deil
   • 1881, Margaret O. (Wilson) Oliphant, The Open Door, and the Portrait.‎^[1] (in English):

     If the deevil himsel was in the auld hoose, I have no interest in 't one way or another—" "Sandy, hold your peace!" cried his wife imperatively. "

   • 1912, O. Douglas, Olivia in India‎^[2] (in English):

     The last I saw of her she had seized the khansamah's young assistant and was shouting at him, "Chokra—ye impident little black deevil, will you tell this moment, has there been an accident?"

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Alternative forms

• deel (syncopated)

Etymology

From Middle English devil, dele, from Old English dēofol, from Proto-West Germanic *diubul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːˈvɪɫ/, /diːɫ/
• Homophone: daal

Noun

deevil

1. devil

   Synonyms: feand, goul

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 33