HELLFIRE

hellfire, red region

(noun) a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hellfire (countable and uncountable, plural hellfires)

(uncountable) The fire of Hell.

(uncountable) Fire produced by the Devil, or a similar supernatural creature connected to Hell.

(countable) A fire that burns with unusual heat or ferocity.

Adjective

hellfire (comparative more hellfire, superlative most hellfire)

Of or relating to a violent, apocalyptic and ultimate day of reckoning and judgment; usually characterizing a form of Christian preaching.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

3 May 2025

DESIRABLE

(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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