brimstone

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(brĭm'stōn') pronunciation
n.
  1. Sulfur.
    1. Damnation to hell.
    2. Fiery or passionate rhetoric: "the great American evangelist of Yankee bargain-hunting, converting us . . . with the brimstone of his secular preaching" (Rushworth M. Kidder).

[Middle English brimston, from Old English brynstān.]


Pliny (ca. 23-79 C.E.) stated that houses were formerly hallowed against evil spirits by the use of brimstone.

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  • Hell - brimstone: fire and sulfur of hell


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Brimstone is an alternative name for sulfur. It may also refer to:

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - svovl

Nederlands (Dutch)
zwavel, (nacht)vlinder met gele vleugels

Français (French)
n. - (Archit) soufre (brut), citron

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schwefel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ακατέργαστο) θειάφι, (μτφ.) πυρ εξ ουρανού

idioms:

  • fire and brimstone    (θα πέσει) φωτιά να σε κάψει

Italiano (Italian)
zolfo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - enxofre (m) (Quím.)

Русский (Russian)
сера, серный

Español (Spanish)
n. - azufre

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - svavel

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
硫黄

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 硫黃

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 유황, 잔소리가 심한 여자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 硫黄, ヤマキチョウ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) معدن الكبريت, صنف فراشه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גופרית, פרפר או עש עם כנפיים צהובות‬


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