malediction
noun/ˌmæl.əˈdɪk.ʃən/
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”).
- derived from malédiction
- inherited from malediccion
Definitions
A curse.
- [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.
Evil speech.
The neighborhood
- neighbormaledictive
- neighbormaledictory
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for malediction. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA