maledicta
Americannoun
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profanity and other taboo or insulting language, such as blasphemy and vulgarity.
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maledicta balloon, a speech bubble with grawlix.
Example Sentences
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Crucifixus in cruce quae Dei lege maledicta fuerat.
From The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics by Fleming, David Hay
Mirum et vel praecipue notabile inter haec fuerit, nihil eum patientius quam maledicta et convitia hominum tulisse, neque in ullos lemorem quam qui se dictis aut carminibus lucessissent exstitisse.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
Exhorruit ad facinus, non Normannia solum et Anglia, quibus maledicta progenies notissima erat, sed et universa Gallia, et a singulis ad Apostolicum Paschalem delatum est.
From Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 by Turner, Dawson
His words, Catullus cum maledicta minaretur, compared with the last lines of this poem, Irascere iterum meis iambis Inmerentibus, unice imperator, seem to justify my view that they belong here.
From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Ellis, Robinson
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