maledict

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mal′i dikt)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
mal•e•dict  (mal′i dikt),USA pronunciation [Archaic.]
adj. 
  1. accursed.

v.t. 
  1. to put a curse on.
  • Late Latin maledictus accursed, Latin: past participle of maledīcere to speak ill of, abuse, equivalent. to male- male- + dīcere to say
  • 1540–50


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