maledict
Americanadjective
verb (used with object)
verb
adjective
Etymology
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
Example Sentences
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In the third circle am I of the rain Eternal, maledict, and cold, and heavy; Its law and quality are never new.
From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
And I to him: "With weeping and with wailing, Thou spirit maledict, do thou remain; For thee I know, though thou art all defiled."
From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
They all are full of spirits maledict; But that hereafter sight alone suffice thee, Hear how and wherefore they are in constraint.
From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
All the while the maledict banner of the Romanoffs writhes above them.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896 by Various
This love puts all humanity from me; I can but maledict her, pray her dead, For giving love and getting love of thee - Feeding a heart that else mine own had fed!
From Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Hardy, Thomas
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