- "diabolical"). This in turn was
borrowed from Gr****
diabolos "slanderer", from
diaballein "to slander": dia- "across, through" +
ballein "to hurl". In the New Testament...
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borrowed from the Gr**** διάβολος diábolos, "slanderer", from διαβάλλειν
diabállein, "to slander" from διά diá, "across, through" and βάλλειν bállein, "to...
