Brimstone Definition
- native sulfur
- native sulphur
Composed of or resembling brimstone; about or pertaining to Hell.
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Origin of Brimstone
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From Middle English brimston, bremston, corrupted forms of brinston, brenston, bernston, from Old English brynstān (“brimstone”, literally “burn-stone”), equivalent to brian + stone, or burn + stone. Cognate with Scots brunstane (“brimstone”), Icelandic brennisteinn (“sulfur, brimstone”), German Bernstein (“amber”). Compare also brimfire. More at burn, stone.
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Middle English brimston from Old English brynstān gwher- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Once a synonym for "sulphur," the word is now restricted to Biblical usage.
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