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hellspawn en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈhɛl.spɔːn/

Etymology

From hell + spawn.

Meanings

1. A creature or creatures from hell.
   • “The door was ajar. Not so smart for a young Nightwing-in-training—especially when he’s got one of those filthy hellspawns in his hands.” 2003, Geoffrey Huntington [pseudonym; William J. Mann], “A Deadly Duel”, in Demon Witch (The Ravenscliff Series; II), ReganBooks, →ISBN, page 111:
   • Despite his grim mien, his kinship with vein-biters and hellspawns, Batman always maintained one pious virtue, his unspoken insistence on the value—the sacredness—of human life. 1994, Dennis O’Neil, Batman: Knightfall, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 348:
   • Image Animation also fabricated the hellspawns’ bondage-inspired costumes, substituting foam material for the more expensive leather of the previous two films. 1996, Anthony Timpone, Men, Makeup, and Monsters: Hollywood’s Masters of Illusion and FX, St. Martin’s Griffin, →ISBN, page 179:
   • The face and voice were beyond question those of the man who had died to protect her in a room full of hellspawn and slaughter. 1998, David Drake, Queen of Demons, Tor Books, →ISBN, page 115:
2. (broadly) Any monster; a vicious fiend or villain.

Forms

Relateds

bad seed · hellhound

Translations (4)

th สัตว์นรก (creature(s) from Hell) · fr créature infernale (creature(s) from Hell) · ru исча́дие а́да (creature(s) from Hell) · nl hellegebroed (creature(s) from Hell)