maledict

[mal-i-dikt]Archaic.

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adjective

accursed.

verb (used with object)

to put a curse on.

Origin of maledict

1540–50; < Late Latin maledictus accursed, Latin: past participle of maledīcere to speak ill of, abuse, equivalent to male- male- + dīcere to say

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All the while the maledict banner of the Romanoffs writhes above them.
McClure's Magazine, January, 1896, Vol. VI. No. 2
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It seems to me I've read somewhere of one of our principal generals—Maledict Donald, wasn't it?
Captain Jinks, Hero
Ernest Crosby
And my father's maledict——But you will chide me for introducing that, now I am enumerating my comforts.
Clarissa, Volume 7
Samuel Richardson

British Dictionary definitions for maledict

maledict

verb

(tr) literary to utter a curse against

adjective

archaic cursed or detestable

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Examples from the Web for maledict

Historical Examples

All the while the maledict banner of the Romanoffs writhes above them.

It seems to me I've read somewhere of one of our principal generals—Maledict Donald, wasn't it?

And my father's maledict——But you will chide me for introducing that, now I am enumerating my comforts.

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