maledict
[ mal-i-dikt ]
adjective
verb (used with object)
to put a curse on.
Origin of maledict
11540–50; <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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How to use maledict in a sentence
It seems to me I've read somewhere of one of our principal generals—maledict Donald, wasn't it?
Captain Jinks, Hero | Ernest CrosbyAnd my father's maledict——But you will chide me for introducing that, now I am enumerating my comforts.
Clarissa, Volume 7 | Samuel RichardsonAll the while the maledict banner of the Romanoffs writhes above them.
British Dictionary definitions for maledict
maledict
/ (ˈmælɪdɪkt) /
verb
(tr) literary to utter a curse against
adjective
archaic cursed or detestable
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