n. 1. Sulfur, especially considered as a component of the torments of hell in Christianity. 2. a. Damnation to hell. b. Vehement or condemnatory rhetoric, especially rhetoric warning of the torments of hell for immoral behavior: a sermon full of fire and brimstone. [Middle English brimston, from Old English brynstān; see gwher- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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