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devilment

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Noun

  1. Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; (more generally) troublemaking behaviour; mischief; (countable) an instance of this.
  2. A devilish, mischievous, or reckless nature; mischievousness.
  3. Something cruel or evil; also, something which causes distress or suffering.
  4. Something cleverly constructed.
  5. A dish which is devilled (“made piquant or spicy”); a devil; also, the elements of the dish which make it spicy, or the piquancy or spiciness of the dish.

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