inferno

inferno
/in ferr"noh/; for 3 also It. /een ferdd"naw/, n., pl. infernos.
1. hell; the infernal regions.
2. a place or region that resembles hell: The ironworks was an inferno of molten steel and half-naked bodies.
3. (cap., italics) the first part of Dante's Divine Comedy, depicting hell and the suffering of the damned. Cf. paradise (def. 7), purgatory (def. 2).
[1825-35; < It < LL infernus hell, n. use of L infernus; see INFERNAL]
Syn. 2. furnace, hellhole, oven.

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