Definition of BRIMSTONE

brimstone

Meanings

Plural: brimstones

Noun

  • an old name for sulfur
  • The sulfur of hell; hell, damnation.
  • Sulfur.
  • A whore.
  • Used attributively as an intensifier in exclamations.
  • The butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni of the Pieridae family.
  • Online content of exceptionally poor quality, lower than coal.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English brymston, brimston, bremston, forms of brinston, brenston, bernston, from Old English brynstān (“brimstone”, literally “burn-stone”), equivalent to brian + stone, or burn + stone. Cognate with Scots brunstane (“brimstone”), Icelandic brennisteinn (“sulfur / sulphur, brimstone”), German Bernstein (“amber”). Compare also brimfire. More at burn, stone. Although once a synonym for sulfur, the word is now restricted to Biblical usage. Internet sense originates from Soyjak.party as an intensified variant of coal.

Synonyms

native sulfur, native sulphur

Antonyms

gemerald

Scrabble Score: 13

brimstone is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
brimstone is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
brimstone is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

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