Definition of BRIMSTONE

brimstone

Plural: brimstones

Noun

  • an old name for sulfur
  • The sulfur of hell; hell, damnation.
  • Sulfur.
  • A whore.
  • Used attributively as an intensifier in exclamations.
  • The butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni of the Pieridae family.
  • Online content of exceptionally poor quality, lower than coal.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English brymston, brimston, bremston, forms of brinston, brenston, bernston, from Old English brynstān (“brimstone”, literally “burn-stone”), equivalent to brian + stone, or burn + stone. Cognate with Scots brunstane (“brimstone”), Icelandic brennisteinn (“sulfur / sulphur, brimstone”), German Bernstein (“amber”). Compare also brimfire. More at burn, stone. Although once a synonym for sulfur, the word is now restricted to Biblical usage.

Synonyms

native sulfur, native sulphur

Antonyms

gemerald

Scrabble Score: 13

brimstone: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
brimstone: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
brimstone: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

brimstone: valid Words With Friends Word