单词 | malediction |
释义 | malediction From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Magicmaledictionmal‧e‧dic‧tion /ˌmæləˈdɪkʃən/ noun [countable]old-fashioned formalROMMAGIC a wish that something bad will happen to someone SYN curseExamples from the Corpusmalediction• It is a kind of malediction.• As if that quest were not macabre enough in itself, I went as if under some sort of malediction.Origin malediction (1300-1400) Late Latin maledictio, from Latin maledicere “to speak evil” |
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