hellbroth

[ hel-brawth, -broth ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of hellbroth¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; hell + broth

Example Sentences

Virtually everyone in the picture is marinated in rum, beer and, in certain special cases, a 470-proof homemade hellbroth that turns those who ingest it into human blowtorches.

From Seattle Times

Europe's foreign politics seem to be to the United States a kind of hellbroth into which Mr. Hoover, like Macbeth's witches, keeps pouring new poison.

From Time Magazine Archive

His scary conclusion: "A hellbroth of mobster violence and derision for the law is seething" in Dallas and may "boil oyer any time."

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

These charms consist of a kind of hellbroth or decoction.

From Project Gutenberg