brimstone
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brimstone /ˈbrɪmst(ə)n, -stəʊn/
▶noun
- 1 archaic sulphur.
- 2 a large butterfly, the male of which is bright yellow and the female greenish-white. [Gonepteryx rhamni.]
– origin OE brynstān, prob. from bryne ‘burning’ + stān ‘stone’.
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