brimfire

English

Etymology

Middle English brimfīr. For more on brim-, see brimstone.

Noun

brimfire (uncountable)

  1. Sulfurous fire such as is associated with Hell; hellfire.
    • 2010, Carl Finney, Tales from the Pushin Off: Childhood During the 1940's and 1950's, AuthorHouse (→ISBN), page 179:
      She let out a screech that could have been heard a mile away, while at the same time, calling us every ugly name she could think of and proceeded to call down brimfire and burning coals upon our heads.
    • 2011, Sarah Rees Brennan, The Demon's Surrender, Simon and Schuster (→ISBN), page 362:
      The circles with demons in them were brimful of brimfire, and the demons inside them were negotiating with the magicians.
    • 2014, D.N. Greenwald, Desire To Be Satisfied, AuthorHouse (→ISBN):
      [...] hellish creature seeming to rise from that brimfire of the Judgment time.
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