brimstone
pronunciation
How to pronounce brimstone in British English:
UK [ˈbrɪmstəʊn]
How to pronounce brimstone in American English:
US [ˈbrɪmstoʊn]
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- Noun:
- an old name for sulfur
Word Origin
- brimstone
- brimstone: see sulphur
- brimstone (n.)
- Old English brynstan, from brin- stem of brinnen "to burn" (see burn (v.)) + stan (see stone (n.)). In Middle English the first element also recorded as brem-, brom-, brum-, bren-, brin-, bron-, brun-, bern-, born-, burn-, burned-, and burnt-. Formerly "the mineral sulfur," now restricted to biblical usage. The Lord reynede vpon Sodom and Gomor brenstoon and fier. [Wycliff's rendition (1382) of Gen. xix:24] The Old Norse cognate compound brennusteinn meant "amber," as does German Bernstein.
Example
- 1. Brimstone is a component part of explosive .
- 2. These were engulfed in fire and brimstone as divine punishment for the local penchant for gay sex .
- 3. Brimstone they called it raining down : the cities of the plain : sodom , gomorrah , edom .
- 4. But on the day in which lot went out from sodom , it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all .
- 5. 9 But on the day in which lot went out from sodom , it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all .