maledict. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

maledict

SYLLABICATION:	mal·e·dict
PRONUNCIATION:	ml-dkt
ADJECTIVE:	Archaic Accursed.
TRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: mal·e·dict·ed, mal·e·dict·ing, mal·e·dicts To pronounce a curse against.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English maladicte, from Latin maledictus, past participle of maledcere, to curse : male, ill; see mel-³ in Appendix I + dcere, to speak; see deik- in Appendix I.


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