a devil incarnate

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• the Devil incarnate — Meaning Origin From Shakespeare s King Henry V and Titus Andronicus. HV Boy: Yes, that a did; and said they were devils incarnate. TA LUCIUS: O worthy Goth, this is the incarnate devil That robb d Andronicus of his good hand; This is the pearl… …   Meaning and origin of phrases

• Devil (film) — Devil Teaser poster Directed by John Erick Dowdle Produced by …   Wikipedia

• devil — noun VERB + DEVIL ▪ believe in ▪ Do you believe in the Devil? ▪ worship ▪ be possessed by ▪ He behaved like someone possessed by devils …   Collocations dictionary

• incarnate — in|car|nate1 [ınˈka:nıt US a:r ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Late Latin; Origin: , past participle of incarnare, from Latin caro flesh ] 1.) be evil/beauty/greed etc incarnate to have an extreme amount of a particular quality ▪ He is now… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• incarnate — adj. /in kahr nit, nayt/; v. /in kahr nayt/, adj., v., incarnated, incarnating. adj. 1. embodied in flesh; given a bodily, esp. a human, form: a devil incarnate. 2. personified or typified, as a quality or idea: chivalry incarnate. 3. flesh… …   Universalium

• incarnate — in|car|nate1 [ ın karnət ] adjective in human form: used for emphasizing that someone is very similar to what has just been mentioned: PERSONIFIED: They looked at me as though I were the devil incarnate. incarnate in|car|nate 2 [ ın kar,neıt ]… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• incarnate — adjective /ɪnˈkanət / (say in kahnuht), / neɪt/ (say nayt) 1. embodied in flesh; invested with a bodily, especially a human, form: a devil incarnate. 2. personified or typified, as a quality or idea: chivalry incarnate. 3. flesh coloured or… …  

• incarnate — adj. & v. adj. 1 (of a person, spirit, quality, etc.) embodied in flesh, esp. in human form (is the devil incarnate). 2 represented in a recognizable or typical form (folly incarnate). v.tr. 1 embody in flesh. 2 put (an idea etc.) into concrete… …   Useful english dictionary

• devil — Synonyms and related words: Abaddon, Apollyon, Baba Yaga, Beelzebub, Belial, Bowery bum, Lilith, Linotyper, Lucifer, Mafioso, Mephistopheles, Old Nick, Old Scratch, Satan, Succubus, Xanthippe, Young Turk, adventurer, adventuress, adversary,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• incarnate — UK [ɪnˈkɑː(r)nət] / US [ɪnˈkɑrnət] adjective in human form: used for emphasizing that someone is very similar to what has just been mentioned They looked at me as though I was the devil incarnate …   English dictionary

• incarnate — in•car•nate adj. [[t]ɪnˈkɑr nɪt, neɪt[/t]] v. [[t] neɪt[/t]] adj. v. nat•ed, nat•ing 1) given a bodily, esp. a human, form: a devil incarnate[/ex] 2) typified 3) crimson 4) to put into or represent in a concrete form 5) to be the embodiment of: a …   From formal English to slang