English Dictionary

devilment

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdɛv(ɪ)lm(ə)nt/

名詞

不可算名詞 通常 可算名詞 ユーモラス文体 頻度副詞

(uncountable) Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; (more generally) troublemaking behaviour; mischief; (countable) an instance of this. / A devilish, mischievous, or reckless nature; mischievousness.

日本語の意味

悪魔的な行動や振る舞い、不良な行為としての悪事 / いたずらやトラブルメーカー的な行動、いたずらっ子の行為 / いたずら性や不良性といった性質（性格面の特徴）

Despite her reputation for kindness, a rare flash of devilment lit up her eyes when she swapped the salt for sugar.

親切だという評判にもかかわらず、塩と砂糖を入れ替えたとき、めったに見せないいたずら心が彼女の目にちらりと浮かんだ。

意味（1）

(uncountable) Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; (more generally) troublemaking behaviour; mischief; (countable) an instance of this.

He lived so long, and in his worldly matters prospered so much, there was so little sign of devilment in the accomplishment of his wishes, and the increase of his prosperity, that Simon, at the end of six years, began to doubt whether he had made any such bargain at all, as that which we have described at the commencement of this history.

意味（2）

A devilish, mischievous, or reckless nature; mischievousness.

意味（3）

Something cruel or evil; also, something which causes distress or suffering.

Ah, why the divil, Puddock, do you keep them ould women's charrums and divilments about you—you'll be the death of some one yet, so you will.

意味（4）

Something cleverly constructed.

意味（5）

(often humorous) A dish which is devilled (“made piquant or spicy”); a devil; also, the elements of the dish which make it spicy, or the piquancy or spiciness of the dish.

devilments （ plural ）