English Explanatory Dictionary

screwtape

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To mess things up, to corrupt, to be devilish.
noun
  1. One of a set of slow-tempo, lo-fi psychedelic mixtapes created by DJ Screw around 1992

Pronunciation

En-au-screwtape.ogg

Word forms

screwtape screwtapes screwtaping screwtaped

Etymology

In reference to the C. S. Lewis book The Screwtape Letters (1942), about an inexperienced demon sent to tempt a man to sin, from screw + tape.

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