maledicta
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profanity and other taboo or insulting language, such as blasphemy and vulgarity.
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Example Sentences
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"Maledictus amor sextus, Maledicta oscula, Sint amplexus maledicti Inferi ligamina."
From The Scarlet Banner by Dahn, Felix
Item, Geneseos tertio: Maledicta terra in opere tuo.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles
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