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malediction

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˌmæl.əˈdɪk.ʃən/Part of speech nounSorted acdeiilmnotStarts with MEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • [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.

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