hellbroth

American  

[hel-brawth, -broth] / ˈhɛlˌbrɔθ, -ˌbrɒθ /

noun

1. a magical broth prepared for an evil purpose, as in black magic.

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Etymology

Origin of hellbroth

First recorded in 1595–1605; hell + broth

Example Sentences

So noisome was the process that Artist Saint had to yell for his sons to carry the bubbling hellbroth away.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was a studied slight, something like a public deposition, and Nutter's jealous soul seethed secretly in a hellbroth of rage and suspicion.

From The House by the Church-Yard by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

These charms consist of a kind of hellbroth or decoction.

From The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages by Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor)