malison
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of malison
1200–50; Middle English maliso ( u ) n < Old French maleison < Latin maledictiōn- (stem of maledictiō ) malediction
Example Sentences
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There seemed a fell malison on this spot which the Mason-Blodgett troupe had found.
From Time Magazine Archive
I apologised to Glasgow, inwardly confounding the eminent Scotch littérateur who had assured me that Glasgow was the most loathsome den north of Tweed, almost the only such den,—his malison upon Glasgow!
From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel
So at last he made up his mind to take the whole of it, even if he had to bear his mother's malison.
From The Scottish Fairy Book by Grierson, Elizabeth Wilson
I have no sorcerer's malison on me, No ghostly hauntings like his Highness.
From The Princess by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron
He cursed the serpent, cursed the woman, cursed the man, and even cursed the ground beneath their feet Everything about at the time came in for a share of the malison.
From Bible Romances First Series by Foote, G. W. (George William)
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