English Dictionary

devilment

/ˈdɛv(ɪ)lm(ə)nt/

noun

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

His devilment knew no bounds as he played pranks on everyone in the office.

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.