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
My malison on all Blockheadisms and torpid stupidities and infidelities; of which this world is full!—
From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. by Carlyle, Thomas
If this be done, I should have peace from all my malison.
From The Iphigenia in Tauris of Euripides by Murray, Gilbert
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
She had risen to speak; the words were upon her lips: "Phrenzy to her heart was given, To speak the malison of Heaven," when she met the full and glaring force of Henry's flashing eyes.
From Ellen Middleton—A Tale by Fullerton, Georgiana
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