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the universe's favorite scapegoat, blamed for everything from bad decisions to good music.
means A supernatural being representing evil, the chief spirit of wickedness in many religions, often used figuratively for a mischievous or wicked person.
from From Old English 'dēofol,' borrowed from Latin 'diabolus,' which came from Greek 'diabolos' — literally 'slanderer' or 'accuser,' from 'diaballein,' 'to throw across' or 'to cast accusations.' So the word for ultimate evil began as a courtroom insult: the one who throws charges at you. The same Greek root branched into 'diabolical' and, by a quieter path, into 'diablo' across the Romance languages.
- name origin
- Greek diabolos means slanderer or accuser
- devil's details
- the famous idiom warns about overlooked specifics
- musical reputation
- the tritone interval was nicknamed diabolus in musica
- red rebrand
- horns and pitchfork are medieval art, not scripture
- advocate role
- the Vatican once employed a real devil's advocate
devil's tower — rock formation in wyoming, usa rising 1,558 feet above belle fourche river, established as first us national monument in 1906
devil may care — 1929 film starring joan crawford, adolphe menjou, and directed by alfred hitchcock