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malediction

[ mal-i-dik-shuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a curse; imprecation.
Synonyms: execration, damning
Antonyms: benediction
the utterance of a curse.
slander.

malediction

/ ˌmælɪˈdɪkʃən /

1400–50; late Middle English malediccion < Latin maledictiōn- (stem of maledictiō ) slander ( Late Latin: curse). See male-, diction

C15: from Latin maledictiō a reviling, from male ill + dīcere to speak

All things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction.

And he said to me: I will shew thee what things are to come to pass in the end of the malediction: for the time hath its end.

And she stretched out her broom in an attitude of malediction towards the spot where Pritchard had disappeared.

At the most he would fling out some cryptic hint, bestow some malediction upon life in general.

As Stapylton lay back in his carriage, he could not help muttering a malediction on the "dear friend" he had just parted with.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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