diablerie

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The Maestro gets his laughs out of diablerie and the grotesque.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bassan dies, not according to prophetic schedule, but largely because of Fedora's diablerie, ahead of time.

From Time Magazine Archive

Belated days of sunshine quickened all Hungary last week, speeding the Danube with tumbling freshets, warming Budapest to humorous appreciation of the first spring diablerie of Sari Fedak.

From Time Magazine Archive

What!" cried Plainworth, "and is Wonderlove so ready to give up such a likely and well-authenticated tale of diablerie?

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander

Ladies in plenty were eager to know the young man who played Luce with such diablerie and ready wit upon the stage.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo