Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

archidiabolical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: archidi-a-bol-i-cal
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to an archdevil.

Example Sentences

"1933, Malcolm Cowley, “Trotsky and the Art of Insurrection” in Henry Dan Piper (ed.), Think Back on Us . . . A Contemporary Chronicle of the 1930’s by Malcolm Cowley, Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1967, p. 28, Always Trotsky displays that archidiabolical pride which is both his virtue as an individual and his most dangerous quality as a statesman."
"The goat figure, his satanic majesty, came forward with an archidiabolical dignity […]"

Etymology

From archi- + diabolical.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: archi

Questions

What does archidiabolical mean?: Of or relating to an archdevil.
Where does archidiabolical come from?: From archi- + diabolical.

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