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单词 maledict
释义

maledict

[ mal-i-dikt ]
/ ˈmæl ɪ dɪkt /
Archaic.
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adjective

accursed.

verb (used with object)

to put a curse on.

Origin of maledict

1540–50; <Late Latin maledictus accursed, Latin: past participle of maledīcere to speak ill of, abuse, equivalent to male-male- + dīcere to say

Words nearby maledict

male chauvinism, male chauvinist, male chauvinist pig, Malecite, male cow, maledict, malediction, malefaction, malefactor, malefactress, male fern
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Example sentences from the Web for maledict

  • And my father's maledict——But you will chide me for introducing that, now I am enumerating my comforts.

    Clarissa, Volume 7|Samuel Richardson
  • All the while the maledict banner of the Romanoffs writhes above them.

    McClure's Magazine, January, 1896, Vol. VI. No. 2|Various
  • It seems to me I've read somewhere of one of our principal generals—Maledict Donald, wasn't it?

    Captain Jinks, Hero|Ernest Crosby

British Dictionary definitions for maledict

maledict
/ (ˈmælɪdɪkt) /

verb

(tr) literary to utter a curse against

adjective

archaic cursed or detestable
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