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
If this be done, I should have peace from all my malison.
From The Iphigenia in Tauris of Euripides by Gilbert Murray
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 Israel Zangwill
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 G. W. (George William) Foote
The mother puts her malison, or curse, upon him, but he rides off.
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Frank Sidgwick
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