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DEVILED

Definition: DEVILED

DEVILED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Devil

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "DEVILED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1883. (references)

Crosswords: DEVILED

Specialty definitions using "DEVILED": urbanity. (references)

Modern Usage: DEVILED

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Deviled Yeggs (1974)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: DEVILED

Domain	Title
Books	Beat This! Cookbook/the Very Best Recipe for Apple Pie, Brownies, Crab Cakes, Deviled Eggs, French Toast, Guacamole, Onion Rings, Potato Salad, Roast (reference) There's Math in Deviled Eggs (reference) (more book examples)

Consumer Goods	Boston Warehouse BBQ Deviled Egg Plate (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: DEVILED

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	URBANITY, n. The kind of civility that urban observers ascribe to dwellers in all cities but New York. Its commonest expression is heard in the words, "I beg your pardon," and it is not consistent with disregard of the rights of others. The owner of a powder mill Was musing on a distant hill -- Something his mind foreboded -- When from the cloudless sky there fell A deviled human kidney! Well, The man's mill had exploded. His hat he lifted from his head; "I beg your pardon, sir," he said; "I didn't know 'twas loaded." Swatkin
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression: DEVILED

Expression using "DEVILED": deviled egg. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "DEVILED": blue-deviled.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Expressions: DEVILED

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
deviled eggs	313	container deviled egg	4
deviled eggs recipe	174	deviled eggs receipe	3
deviled egg recipe	158	deviled crabs	3
deviled egg	157	deviled egg hen plate	3
deviled egg plate	20	deviled potato salad	3
deviled eggs make	19	classic deviled eggs	3
deviled ham	13	carb deviled eggs low	2
crab deviled	11	deviled	2
crab deviled recipe	9	deviled dish egg	2
deviled egg tray	7	deviled eggs history	2
deviled ham underwood	6	best deviled eggs	2
best deviled eggs recipe	4	deviled easy eggs	2
delicious deviled egg recipe	4	deviled eggs origin	2
deviled egg holder	4	deviled egg platter	2
deviled egg receipe	4	deviled egg recipe southern	2
deviled ham recipe	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: DEVILED

Language		Translations for "DEVILED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		schikanierte (bullied, hazed). (various references)

Italian		depresso (blue-deviled, depressed), triste (sad, bleak, dismal, dreary, somber, gaunt, miserable). (various references)

Pig Latin		eviledday.(various references)

Portuguese		muito apimentado. (various references)

Spanish		muy condimentado. (various references)

Turkish		baharatlı ve acılı (devilled). (various references)

Ukrainian		приготований з прянощами. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations & Misspellings: DEVILED

Derivations
	Words ending with "DEVILED": bedeviled. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"DEVILED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: demile, depile, depilex, devale, develed, develled, devided, Devillar, devole, Dewilde, Duvillard. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Anagrams: DEVILED

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-d-e-e-i-l-v"
	-1 letter: delved, elided, levied, veiled.
	-2 letters: deled, delve, devel, devil, dived, edile, elide, idled, lieve, lived.
	-3 letters: deed, deil, dele, deli, died, diel, dive, eide, evil, idle, lied, live, veil, veld, vide, vied, vile.
	-4 letters: dee, del, dev, did, die, eel, eld, eve, led, lee, lei, lev, lid, lie, vee, vie.
	-5 letters: de, ed, el, id.
	Words containing the letters "d-d-e-e-i-l-v"
	+1 letter: devilled, driveled.
	+2 letters: bedeviled, daredevil, delivered, drivelled.
	+3 letters: bedevilled, bedriveled, daredevils, desilvered, disheveled, dovetailed, overgilded, vilipended.
	+4 letters: bedrivelled, daredevilry, deductively, devitalized, devocalized, disbelieved, dishevelled, overplaided, redelivered, redissolved, revalidated, undelivered.
	+5 letters: daredeviltry, dividendless, misdeveloped, outdelivered, overindulged.
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