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Malebranche.

a group of devils from Hell in the Divine Comedy

11 characters4 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

name/ˌma.leˈbran.ke/
  1. a group of devils from Hell in the Divine Comedy

    plural · plural-only
Where this word comes from

From male (“bad, evil”) + branche (“claws, talons”), literally “Evil Claws”.

name/ma.leˈbranʃ//malˈbranʃ/
  1. a surname from French

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
  2. Nicolas Malebranche (1638–1715), a French philosopher

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Unadapted borrowing from French Malebranche.

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