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Record 1 2011-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
DEF

Full of things, events relating to hell.

CONT

Iraqi tanks and armored vehicles launched offensives at four Kuwait border points late Tuesday and "hellacious" fighting with Marines kept up through yesterday.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts
OBS

Le néologisme «hellacious» a été formé à partir du substantif hell dont la définition trouvée dans le dictionnaire The Concise Oxford Dictionary, p. 548 est la suivante : A place regarded in some religions as the abode of the dead, or of condemned sinners and devils; a place or state of misery or wickedness.

OBS

L'adjectif hellacious a été formé par le procédé de dérivation, avec l'addition du suffixe acious, qui est utilisé pour la formation d'adjectifs qui signifient avoir tendance à ou rempli de.

Spanish

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