diable
[ dee-ah-bluh ]
adjective
highly spiced; prepared with hot or piquant seasoning; deviled.
Origin of diable
1French: literally, “devil” (see devil)
Words Nearby diable
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How to use diable in a sentence
It was formerly a practice in France to swear par le diable de Biterne.
A Cursory History of Swearing | Julian SharmanWhen I pay ten shillings to hear you speak I want you to know how, que diable!
The Tragic Muse | Henry JamesOne has one's form, que diable, and a mighty good thing that one has.
The Tragic Muse | Henry JamesInvoluntarily his face softened; this pauvre diable gazed upon eternity with the calm eyes of a Socrates.
Under the Rose | Frederic Stewart IshamSandy he's take one leel drink up at de stable, and he's go mad lak one diable.'
Black Rock | Ralph Connor
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