Word of the day 1-20-2012

Deucedly-

1. Devilishly; damnably.

 

Origin- Deucedly  is related to the word deuce  which refers to the face of a die with one dot, as in "to roll deuces." It comes from the Latin word for two, duos . In the mid-1600s, it became associated with bad luck, probably because it was the lowest score you could get when playing dice.