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
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
St Martin's malison light on ye—fire, billets, and all—I've seen nothing like to warm my bare nose and knuckles since we left Halton, two long days agone.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John
Either to take the half of it with her blessing, or the whole of it with her malison.
From The Scottish Fairy Book by Grierson, Elizabeth Wilson
She's ta'en the keys intill her hand, And threw them deep, deep in the sea; "Lie there wi' my sad malison, 40 Till my gude lord return to me."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
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