devilkin

[ dev-uhl-kin ]

noun

1. a little devil; imp.

Word History and Origins

Origin of devilkin¹

First recorded in 1500–10; devil + -kin

Example Sentences

I," said Sylvester, "have long been acquainted with the little Devilkin that sits on Lothair's shoulder like a tame squirrel.

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Certainly I am a devilkin; you called me, and on your summons I came.

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"We would have punished this thine impertinent curiosity, had we not other business for thee, friend," said the malicious little devilkin.

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And at these words the marshal turned upon the girl a regard so black and relentless that the Chancellor, happening to encounter it, shrank back abashed, even as some devilkin caught in a fault might shrink from the angry eyes of the Master of Evil.

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Your father sent me on a message to the little devilkin last night.

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