# devilment

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɛv(ɪ)lm(ə)nt/

## Definitions
1. Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; (more generally) troublemaking behaviour; mischief; (countable) an instance of this.
2. A devilish, mischievous, or reckless nature; mischievousness.
3. Something cruel or evil; also, something which causes distress or suffering.
4. Something cleverly constructed.
5. A dish which is devilled (“made piquant or spicy”); a devil; also, the elements of the dish which make it spicy, or the piquancy or spiciness of the dish.

## Etymology
From devil + -ment (suffix forming nouns indicating the actions or results of what is denoted by the words it is attached to).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/devilment