DEVILET
Dev"il*et, n.
Defn: A little devil. [R.] Barham.
DEVILFISH Dev"il*fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A huge ray (Manta birostris or Cephaloptera vampyrus) of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts. Several other related species take the same name. See Cephaloptera. (b) A large cephalopod, especially the very large species of Octopus and Architeuthis. See Octopus. (c) The gray whale of the Pacific coast. See Gray whale. (d) The goosefish or angler (Lophius), and other allied fishes. See Angler.
DEVILING
Dev"il*ing, n.
Defn: A young devil. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
DEVILISH
Dev"il*ish, a.
1. Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme. "Devilish wickedness." Sir P. Sidney. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. James iii. 15.
2. Extreme; excessive. [Colloq.] Dryden.
Syn.
— Diabolical; infernal; hellish; satanic; wicked; malicious;
detestable; destructive.
— Dev"il*ish*ly, adv.
— Dev"il*ish*ness, n.
DEVILISM
Dev"il*ism, n.