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The sulfur of Hell; Hell, damnation. / (archaic) sulfur. / (obsolete) A whore. / (archaic) Used attributively as an intensifier in exclamations. / The butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni of the Pieridae family.

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brimstone

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Source Word

brimstone

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈbɹɪmstəʊn/

Noun

countable uncountable archaic obsolete

Japanese Meaning

地獄に関連する硫黄、すなわち聖書などで言及される“地獄の硫黄”としての意味。 / 単に硫黄【古語】としての意味。 / 廃語としての使用においては、娼婦（売春婦）の意。 / （古語）感嘆文などで強調のために形容詞的に使用される用法。 / Pieridae科に属する蝶、Gonepteryx rhamniを指す分類学上の名称。

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

そのカルト信者たちが古い封印を開けたとき、地獄の硫黄の突風が部屋を駆け抜け、ろうそくが消えたり法衣がはためいたりした。

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The sulfur of Hell; Hell, damnation.

For griefe thereof, and diuelish despight, / From his infernall fournace forth he threw / Huge flames, that dimmed all the heauens light, / Enrold in duskish smoke and brimstone blew.

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(archaic) sulfur.

Weel I wot I wad be broken if I were to gie sic weight to the folk that come to buy our pepper and brimstone, and suchlike sweetmeats.

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(obsolete) A whore.

I went to the park, picked up a low Brimstone, called myself a Barber, & agreed with her for Sixpence, went to the bottom of the park, arm in arm, & dipped my machine in the Canal […].

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