brimstone
The sulfur of hell; hell, damnationThe sulfur of hell; hell, damnation.
» Medieval alchemists believed brimstone held purifying powers.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)The sulfur of hell; hell, damnation.
Höllenschwefel
жу́пелžúpel
an old name for sulfur
(countable, uncountable)The butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni of the Pieridae family.
Zitronenfalter
лимо́нницаlimónnica, круши́нницаkrušínnica
(Internet, countable, uncountable)Online content of exceptionally poor quality, lower than coal.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Sulfur.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A whore.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Used attributively as an intensifier in exclamations.
прокля́тыйprokljátyj, чёртовčórtov, зловре́дныйzlovrédnyj
Examples
4 sentencesMedieval alchemists believed brimstone held purifying powers.
The volcano spewed smoke that smelled faintly of brimstone.
The preacher warned the crowd of brimstone and eternal fire.
Brimstone is another word for sulfur.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English brymston, brimston, bremston, forms of brinston, brenston, bernston, fFrom Middle English brymston, brimston, bremston, forms of brinston, brenston, bernston, from Old English brynstān (“brimstone”, literally “burn-stone”), equivalent to burn + stone. Cognate with Scots brunstane (“brimstone”), Icelandic brennisteinn (“sulfur / sulphur, brimstone”), German Bernstein (“amber”). Compare also brimfire. More at burn, stone. Although once a synonym for sulfur, the word is now largely restricted to poetic and Biblical usage.
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Forms
plural: brimstones| Singular | brimstone |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- an old name for sulfur:native sulfurnative sulphur
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable