2. inferno a place or region that resembles hell, esp. in intense heat.
Etymology: (1825–35; < It < LL infernus hell, n. use of L infernus; see infernal)
Definition of 'inferno'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits, inferno any place of pain and turmoil "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";
2. (noun)conflagration, inferno a very intense and uncontrolled fire
3. (noun)Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson
Definitions of 'inferno'
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
1. inferno the hell of Dante, represented as included in nine circles, of which the first six, constituting the uppermost hell, are occupied by those who cannot govern themselves yet have no mind to harm any one else, of which the seventh, constituting the mid-hell, is occupied by those who cannot govern their thoughts, and of which the eighth and ninth, constituting the nether hell, are occupied by those who have wilfully done harm to other people, those in the eighth in hot blood and those in the ninth or lowest in cold blood, the former in passion and the latter without passion, far downbelow the freezing-point. See Ruskin's "Fors Clavigera," more fully, and by way of authority for this.
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