Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-FERN'AL
IN-FERN'AL, a. [Fr. from L. infernus.]
- Properly, pertaining to the lower regions, or regions of the dead, the Tartarus of the ancients. Hence,
- Pertaining to hell; inhabiting hell; as, infernal spirits.
- Hellish; resembling the temper of infernal spirits; malicious; diabolical; very wicked and detestable.
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