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brimstone Definition

brim·stone (brimstōn′)

noun

sulfur: now chiefly in the phrases fire and brimstone, hellfire and brimstone, the torments of damnation to hell

Etymology: ME brimston < OE brynstan: see burn & stone

brimstone Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • see: From the restaurant we saw also a BRIMSTONE which flew across.

Adjective modifier

  • male: A male Brimstone fluttered past, there may have been two.
  • female: On the 3rd April the first female Brimstone was seen on Latchford meadow.
  • first: A COMMA flew by, then we had our first BRIMSTONE of the day.

Modifies a noun

  • butterfly: More than 200 species of moth are known to have occurred, and orange tip and brimstone butterflies are common in spring.
  • hill: Her immigration work ms the brimstone hill a a view almost.
  • moth: We'll be looking for things like straw dot, brimstone moth and large yellow underwing moths, among others.

Noun used with modifier

  • burning: Even more alarming was the smell of burning brimstone that hung over the ruins of the parson's house.
brimstone Quotes

Then the L rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the L out of heaven.

—Bible (Old Testament)

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