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devilment

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  1. (uncountable, usually) Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; (more generally) troublemaking behaviour; mischief; (countable) an instance of this.
  2. (countable, uncountable, usually) A devilish, mischievous, or reckless nature; mischievousness.
  3. (countable, uncountable, usually) Something cruel or evil; also, something which causes distress or suffering.
  4. (countable, uncountable, usually) Something cleverly constructed.
  5. (countable, humorous, often, uncountable, usually) 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.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈdɛv(ɪ)lm(ə)nt/
Etimologie (Engels)

From devil + -ment (suffix forming nouns indicating the actions or results of what is denoted by the words it is attached to).

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