Meanings
- uncountableSulfurous fire such as is associated with Hell; hellfire.
[...] hellish creature seeming to rise from that brimfire of the Judgment time.
2014, D.N. Greenwald, Desire To Be Satisfied, AuthorHouse, →ISBN2 more examples
She let out a screech that could have been heard a mile away, while at the same time, calling us every ugly name she could think of and proceeded to call down brimfire and burning coals upon our heads.
2010, Carl Finney, Tales from the Pushin Off: Childhood During the 1940's and 1950's, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 179The circles with demons in them were brimful of brimfire, and the demons inside them were negotiating with the magicians.
2011, Sarah Rees Brennan, The Demon's Surrender, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 362
Origin
- Middle Englishbrimfīr
- Englishbrimfire
Calque of Middle English brimfīr. For more on brim-, see brimstone.
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