Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Diable.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The Cuban name of the bat-fish, Og, cocephalus vespertilio. See cut under bat-fish.

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  • noun Sometimes used to refer to the devil.
  • adjective Diable, flavoured with hot spices.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Alteration (influenced by Spanish diablo, devil) of diable.]

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Spanish diablo ("devil")

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French diable ("devil"), from Old French.

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Examples

  • A diablo is nothing but a jumper wire installed behind the meter so about half the electricity used by-passes the meter and is stolen.

    CFE in Cuernavaca 2009

  • A diablo is nothing but a jumper wire installed behind the meter so about half the electricity used by-passes the meter and is stolen.

    CFE in Cuernavaca 2009

  • A diablo is nothing but a jumper wire installed behind the meter so about half the electricity used by-passes the meter and is stolen.

    CFE in Cuernavaca 2009

  • A diablo is nothing but a jumper wire installed behind the meter so about half the electricity used by-passes the meter and is stolen.

    CFE in Cuernavaca 2009

  • A diablo is nothing but a jumper wire installed behind the meter so about half the electricity used by-passes the meter and is stolen.

    CFE in Cuernavaca 2009

  • A diablo is nothing but a jumper wire installed behind the meter so about half the electricity used by-passes the meter and is stolen.

    CFE in Cuernavaca 2009

  • A diablo is nothing but a jumper wire installed behind the meter so about half the electricity used by-passes the meter and is stolen.

    CFE in Cuernavaca 2009

  • Taty managed to style his way through the heat with a huge shaka diablo and an awesome culo.

    Sail-World.com USA Latest News 2009

  • From Spanish words in the text, such as diablo, it is also likely that it was taken down by a Spanish missionary or a literate Aztec convert from an oral performance only a few decades after the Conquest of Mexico in 1521.

    Mesoamerican religious concepts: Aztec symbolism, part III 2008

  • From Spanish words in the text, such as diablo, it is also likely that it was taken down by a Spanish missionary or a literate Aztec convert from an oral performance only a few decades after the Conquest of Mexico in 1521.

    Mesoamerican religious concepts: Aztec symbolism, part III 2008

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