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maledict

[ mal-i-dikt ]

adjective



verb (used with object)

  1. to put a curse on.

maledict

/ ˈ³¾Ã¦±ôɪ»åɪ°ì³Ù /

verb

  1. literary.
    tr to utter a curse against
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. archaic.
    cursed or detestable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of maledict1

1540–50; < Late Latin maledictus accursed, Latin: past participle of ³¾²¹±ô±ð»åÄ«³¦±ð°ù±ð to speak ill of, abuse, equivalent to male- male- + »åÄ«³¦±ð°ù±ð to say
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Other winning words in Sunday’s championship game included “maledict,†an archaic word for “accursed,†and “kudu,†a large, grayish-brown African antelope.

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His opponent scored 95 points with maledict, which means to utter a curse against, but Mr Richards won by 575 points to 452.

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This batch of maledict encumbrances is under the command of Benedict Cumberbatch, a neo-Nazi advocate of the superman who puts Nietzsche before nurture with the aim of ruling the world.

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Poor Rose Galh! you and many a mother, and father, and wife, and orphan, have had reason to maledict the bloody Battles of the Factions.

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All the while the maledict banner of the Romanoffs writhes above them.

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