divil

English

Noun

divil (plural divils)

  1. (Scotland, Ireland) Alternative form of devil.
    • 1944, Clifford Warren Ashley, The Ashley Book of Knots, page 186:
      It is often said at sea that “the divil would make a good sailor, if he could only tie a bowline and look aloft.”

Usage notes

This term is still commonly used in speech but rarely appears in modern writing.

Scots

Noun

divil (plural divils)

  1. devil
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