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
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
Better hae stapt it afore this," said Archee; "he has said ower meikle, or not aneuch, The Deil's malison on thee, fellow, for a prophet of ill!
From The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison
I have no sorcerer's malison on me, No ghostly hauntings like his Highness.
From The Princess by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron
The senses feel life's snow, But not less hot the tides of passion flow: Such is our earthly nature's malison!
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas
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