diablido

Esperanto

Etymology

From diablo (“devil”) +‎ -ido (“offspring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [diaˈblido]
• Rhymes: -ido
• Hyphenation: di‧a‧bli‧do

Noun

diablido (accusative singular diablidon, plural diablidoj, accusative plural diablidojn)

1. (derogatory) devil's child; demonspawn; hellspawn
   • 1903, William Shakespeare, translated by Achille Motteau, La ventego, act I scene 2:

     Venena sklavo, sorĉa diablido,
     Tuj venu tien ĉi!

     Thou poisonous slave, got by the devil himself
     Upon thy wicked dam, come forth!

     (literally, “Poisonous slave, hexed child of a devil,
     Come here right now!”)

   • 1954, Jon Willarson, "La Korvo" by Edgar Allan Poe, in American Esperanto magazine, p. 63:

     "Aĉegulo," kriis mi, "do vi estas nur diablido
     Turmentanta min per vido de la amo al Lenor'!"

     "ًWretch," I cried, "so you are just a devil's child
     Tormenting me with the memory of Lenore's love!"

   • 2018, Sten Johansson, Marina ĉe limo:

     Sed tiu diablido ne estas mia vera fratino.

     But that demonspawn isn't my real sister.