单词 | Avernal |
释义 | Avernal, a. (and n.)|əˈvɜːnəl| [a. F. Avernal ‘hellish’ (Cotgr.), ad. L. Avernālis, f. Avernus: see prec. and -al1.] A. adj. Of the nature of, or belonging to, Avernus; infernal. B. n. An inhabitant of Avernus, a devil. Aˈvernian a. = prec. adj.
c1578Gascoigne Devyll's Will, The Courte Auernall. Ibid., Pamachios..doth cause all his Auernals, forked tipes and annointed Gentlemen to come to the readynge of the Deuylls Testament and last Wyll. 1660Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 603/1 Avernal places, so termed, for that they are pernicious to Birds. 1853F. Newman Odes of Horace 57 Through all the house Avernal waters sprinkling. 1864Webster, Avernian. |

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