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Malediction

//ˌmæl.əˈdɪk.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A curse. countable, uncountable

    "[H]is friend, with great ebullience of paſſion, many praiſes of his own good play, and many maledictions on the power of chance, took up the cards, and threw them into the fire."

  2. 2
    the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult) wordnet
  3. 3
    Evil speech. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From late Middle English malediccion, from Middle French malédiction, from Latin maledictiō (“curse”) from malus (“evil”) + dictiō (“speech”) noun of action from perfect passive participle dictus (“spoken”), from verb dīcō (“speak”).

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