hellfire and brimstone

Variant of brimstone

brimstone definition

brim·stone (brim′stōn′)

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

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