Meaning of velnišķums | Babel Free

Definitions

devilishness, diabolicalness, diabolism (the quality of that which is devilish, diabolical)

declension-1, masculine

Examples

“es vienmēr seminārā jautāju: vai ir velnišķums, sātanisms jūsu saknēs? atbildi vienmēr saņemu vienu un to pašu: nē, viss ir ļoti patīkami, miermīlīgi, mierīgi”

I always ask in the seminar: is (there) diabolism, satanism, in your roots? I always receive the same answer: no, everything is very pleasant, nice, peaceful

“smaids, kurā pavīdēja kaut kas velnišķīgs; bet velnišķums ātri vien nozuda no simetriskajiem vaibstiem un palika tikai smaids”

a smile in which something diabolical flashed; but the diabolicalness quickly disappeared from the symmetric features and only the smile remained

“Salaspils nometnes velnišķuma pārspīlēšana un komunistiskā mitoloģizācija”

the exaggeration and communist mitologization of the diabolicalness of the Salaspils concentration camp

CEFR level