infernos

Variant of inferno

inferno definition

in·ferno (in fʉr′nō)

noun pl. infernos -·nos

  1. hell or any place suggesting hell, usually characterized by great heat or flames
  2. that section of Dante's Divine Comedy which describes hell and the sufferings of the damned

Etymology: It < L infernus: see infernal

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