Diabolic
(Di`a*bol"ic Di`a*bol"ic*al) a. [L. diabolicus, Gr. devilish, slanderous: cf. F. diabolique. See
Devil.] Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or appropriate to, the devil; devilish; infernal; impious; atrocious; nefarious; outrageously
wicked; as, a diabolic or diabolical temper or act. "Diabolic power." Milton. "The diabolical institution."
Motley. — Di`a*bol"ic*al*ly, adv. — Di`a*bol"ic*al*ness, n.
Diabolify
(Di`a*bol"i*fy) v. t. [L. diabolus devil + -fy.] To ascribed diabolical qualities to; to change into,
or to represent as, a devil. [R.] Farindon.
Diabolism
(Di*ab"o*lism) n.
1. Character, action, or principles appropriate to the devil.
2. Possession by the devil. Bp. Warburton.
Diabolize
(Di*ab"o*lize) v. t. To render diabolical. [R.]
Diacatholicon
(Di`a*ca*thol"i*con) n. [Pref. dia- + catholicon.] (Med.) A universal remedy; — name
formerly to a purgative electuary.
Diacaustic
(Di`a*caus"tic) a. [Pref. dia- + caustic.] (Opt.) Pertaining to, or possessing the properties
of, a species of caustic curves formed by refraction. See Caustic surface, under Caustic.
Diacaustic
(Di`a*caus"tic), n.
1. (Med.) That which burns by refraction, as a double convex lens, or the sun's rays concentrated by
such a lens, sometimes used as a cautery.
2. (Math.) A curved formed by the consecutive intersections of rays of light refracted through a lens.
Diachylon
(||Di*ach"y*lon ||Di*ach"y*lum) n. [NL. diachylum, fr. Gr. very juicy; dia` thoroughly + juice.]
(Med. & Chem.) A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants (whence its name), but
now made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerin mixed with lead salts of the
fat acids.
Diacid
(Di*ac"id) a. [Pref. di- + acid.] (Chem.) Divalent; — said of a base or radical as capable of
saturating two acid monad radicals or a dibasic acid. Cf. Dibasic, a., and Biacid.
Diacodium
(||Di`a*co"di*um) n. [L., from Gr. from poppy heads; dia` through, from + head, a poppy
head.] A sirup made of poppies.
Diaconal
(Di*ac"o*nal) a. [LL. diaconalis: cf. F. diaconal. Cf. Deacon.] Of or pertaining to a deacon.
Diaconate
(Di*ac"o*nate) n. [L. diaconatus: cf. F. diaconat.] The office of a deacon; deaconship; also,
a body or board of deacons.
Diaconate
(Di*ac"o*nate), a. Governed by deacons. "Diaconate church." T. Goodwin.
Diacope
(||Di*ac"o*pe) n. [L., fr. Gr. a cutting in two; dia` through + .] (Gram.) Tmesis.
Diacoustic
(Di`a*cous"tic) a. [Pref. di- + acoustic.] Pertaining to the science or doctrine of refracted
sounds.
Diacoustics
(Di`a*cous"tics) n. [Cf. F. diacoustique.] That branch of natural philosophy which treats
of the properties of sound as affected by passing through different mediums; — called also diaphonics.
See the Note under Acoustics.
