hellbred
English
Alternative forms
hell-bred
Etymology
Adjective
hellbred (not comparable)
- (archaic, poetic) Produced in Hell.
- Synonym: hell-born
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- With fowle enfouldred smoake and flashing fire ,
The hell-bred Beast threw forth unto the skies
References
- “hellbred”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.