Meanings
adjectivebrimstony (comparative more brimstony, superlative most brimstony)
comparative more brimstony · superlative most brimstony
- Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous.
King of Thogarma, and his Habergions Brimstony, blue, and fiery
1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet Archive page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)
Origin
- Middle Englishbrunstony
- Englishbrimstony
From Middle English brunstony, brimstoni, equivalent to brimstone + -y.
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