brimstone

[ brim-stohn ]

/ ˈbrɪmˌstoʊn /

sulfur.

a virago; shrew.

Origin of brimstone

before 1150; Middle English brinston, etc., late Old English brynstān. See burn¹, stone

brim·ston·y, adjective

brilliantine, brillo, brim, brimful, brimmer, brimstone, brinded, brindisi, brindle, brindled, brindley

From Cyrus on, however, it was all, to borrow another Biblical allusion, fire and brimstone.

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Creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss brought the fire and brimstone this season, and for this, deserve the shiny hardware.

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Having never played a villain before, DiCaprio relishes in the opportunity, spewing fire and brimstone.

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The problem: Pawlenty comes off like a Good Samaritan at a time when the religious right wants fire and brimstone.

Pawlenty’s Pastor Problem |McKay Coppins |July 12, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

Burdock here interrupted the lady, by exclaiming, "Hang me if it isn't the woman in brimstone and blue!"

Three Courses and a Dessert |Anonymous
The 'brother' of Mercury was sulphur or brimstone (see l. 1439).

Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales |Geoffrey Chaucer
And she vanished in a flash o' fire and brimstone, did she, maister?

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Old Ingres was not very far wrong in saying that this great man's work reeks of fire and brimstone.

The Revolt of the Angels |Anatole France
Give it brimstone and treacle and a cupful of wormwood and camomile.

The Manxman |Hall Caine

brimstone

/ (ˈbrɪmˌstəʊn) /

an obsolete name for sulphur

a common yellow butterfly, Gonepteryx rhamni, of N temperate regions of the Old World: family Pieridae

archaic a scolding nagging woman; virago

Old English brynstān; related to Old Norse brennistein; see burn 1, stone