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malediction

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Scrabble points
16
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20
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˌmæl.əˈdɪk.ʃən/
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/ˌmæl.əˈdɪk.ʃən/ · /-.ɪˈ-/

Definition of malediction

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)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.”
    “In view of all that we have said in the foregoing sections, the many obstacles we appear to have surmounted, what casts the pall over our victory celebration? It is the curse of dimensionality, a malediction that has plagued the scientist from earliest days.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)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.”
    “In view of all that we have said in the foregoing sections, the many obstacles we appear to have surmounted, what casts the pall over our victory celebration? It is the curse of dimensionality, a malediction that has plagued the scientist from earliest days.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)Evil speech.

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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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