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单词 malediction
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maledictionn.

Brit. /ˌmalᵻˈdɪkʃ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌmæləˈdɪkʃən/
Forms: late Middle English malediccione, late Middle English malediccyoun, late Middle English maledicion, late Middle English maledyccion, late Middle English–1500s malediccion, 1500s malediccyon, 1500s– malediction; Scottish pre-1700 maladictioun, pre-1700 malediccioune, pre-1700 maledictione, pre-1700 maledictioun, pre-1700 maledictiowne, pre-1700 maliedictioun, pre-1700 moldictione, pre-1700 1700s– malediction.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin maledictiōn-, maledictiō.
Etymology: < classical Latin maledictiōn-, maledictiō slander, abuse, in post-classical Latin also cursing (in former sense in Cicero, in post-classical Latin in both senses in the Vulgate and in Christian writers) < maledict- , past participial stem of maledīcere to abuse, insult ( < male badly (see mal- prefix) + dīcere to speak, say (see dictum n.), perhaps after ancient Greek κακηγορεῖν ) + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare Middle French, French malédiction (mid 15th cent. or earlier in sense 1, 1489 or earlier in sense 1b). Compare earlier malison n., also mallok n.
1.
a. A curse; the utterance of a curse; the condition of being under a ban or curse.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > action of saying
cursingc950
waryingc1200
accursinga1382
execration1382
cursement1393
banninga1400
malloka1400
malediction1447
comminationa1464
imprecation1589
society > faith > worship > excommunication > [noun]
mansingOE
amansingOE
cursing?c1120
malloka1400
malediction1447
sequestrationa1450
comminationa1464
excommengement1495
excommuny1502
fulmination1502
excommunicationa1513
aggravation1531
anathematization1547
anathemization1549
anathema1565
anathemea1575
anathematical1583
anathematizing1593
sequestering1620
excommunion1641
dischurching1644
excision1647
excommunicating1648
unchurching1655
consecration1700
innodation1731
the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > curse > [noun] > action of saying
cursingc950
waryingc1200
accursinga1382
execration1382
cursement1393
banninga1400
malediction1447
detestation?a1475
imprecation1589
1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 1696 Tyl assoylled þou be Of þis legal malediccyoun.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 179/2 He was moche angry & gaue his malediccion & curse to the temple.
1524 R. Copland tr. J. de Bourbon Syege Cyte of Rodes in Begynnynge Ordre Knyghtes Hospytallers sig. Eijv He gaue his malediction or curse to his chyldren & successours.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Gal. iii. 10 For as many as are under the dedes of the lawe are vnder malediccion.
1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i. xvii, in Wks. 139 And after he sheweth the malediccions that shall fall therevpon.
a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) i. 465 He gawe his maledictiowne Till Camys generatyowne.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear ii. 141 Menaces and maledictions against King and nobles. View more context for this quotation
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 978 My name perhaps among the Circumcis'd In Dan, in Judah, and the bordering Tribes, To all posterity may stand defam'd, With malediction mention'd. View more context for this quotation
1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 485 They tried to persuade her to pronounce a malediction upon Alcibiades.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 221 I taunted him, ridiculed him, loaded him with maledictions.
1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend i. 26 The malediction Of my affliction Is taken from me.
1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity IV. ix. v. 101 His progress, instead of being a blessing to the land, was deemed a malediction.
1901 F. Norris Octopus i. vi. 272 Oaths, curses, maledictions, exploded like the firing of successive mines.
1937 W. Lewis Revenge for Love i. i. 9 He muttered to himself maledictions as he trod the stone passages.
1972 Ulster Folklife 18 94 In the dialect of Donegal..a left-handed blessing is a euphemism for a malediction or curse.
b. Reviling, slander; the condition of being reviled or slandered. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun]
teleeOE
folk-leasinga1000
tolec1000
wrayingc1000
missaw?c1225
slanderc1290
disclanderc1300
famationc1325
noisec1325
skander1338
missaying1340
misspeecha1375
slanderingc1380
biting1382
defaminga1400
filtha1400
missaya1400
obloquya1438
oblocution?a1439
juroryc1440
defamationa1450
defamea1450
forspeaking1483
depravinga1500
defamya1513
injury?1518
depravation1526
maledictiona1530
abusion?1530
blasphemation1533
infamation1533
insectationa1535
calumning1541
calumniation?1549
abuse1559
calumnying1563
calumny1564
belying?1565
illingc1575
scandalizing1575
misparlance?1577
blot1587
libelling1587
scandal1596
traducement1597
injurying1604
deprave1610
vilifying1611
noisec1613
disfame1620
sycophancy1622
aspersion1633
disreport1640
medisance1648
bollocking1653
vilification1653
sugillation1654
blasphemya1656
traduction1656
calumniating1660
blaspheming1677
aspersing1702
blowing1710
infamizing1827
malignation1836
mud-slinging1858
mud-throwing1864
denigration1868
mud-flinging1876
dénigrement1883
malignment1885
injurious falsehood1907
mud-sling1919
bad-mouthing1939
bad mouth1947
trash-talking1974
a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxiiv Thou art and euer hast ben free from all malediccyon and opprobry.
1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. v. 249 Giving no man a just cause of contumely or malediction.
1691 in Trans. E. Lothian Antiquarian & Field Naturalists' Soc. (1932) 2 46 Agnes Campbell..most inchristianlie and inhumanlie did imprecat many moldictiones and imprecations against Isobell Gibson.
1885 A. Edgar Old Church Life Scotl. 273 In the year 1661 the malediction of a parent was made a capital offence in Scotland.
2. Wickedness; an evil intention or deed. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun]
sinc825
naughteOE
unnuteOE
sinningc1000
unrightOE
un-i-selthlOE
wonder1154
misguiltc1200
misdoinga1225
teeninga1225
miss?c1225
crimec1250
misdeed?c1250
wickednessa1300
mischiefa1387
evil-doing1398
mistakinga1400
perpetrationc1429
wrongingc1449
maledictionc1475
maleficence1533
wicked-doing1535
foul play1546
misdealing1571
flagition1598
delinquency1603
malefaction1604
meschancy1609
malefacture1635
misacting1651
guilt1726
flagitiosity1727
malpractice1739
malfeasance1856
peccation1861
miscreance1972
c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 235 O arrogaunce..by thyne maledicion ben broken and disordeyned the mighty puissaunce and the armes disioyned and diuided.
?1503–5 H. Watson tr. Valentine & Orson (1937) 16 For to couer his maladiction, and for to shew apparence of loyaltie and prudence, in dissimulyng that with all his power he desired the welth and honour of the Emperour.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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