Archaic a curse
Origin of malison
Middle English from Old French maleison from Classical Latin maledictio: see maledictionmalison
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malison
noun
A curse.
Origin of malison
Middle English malisoun from Old French maleiçon from Latin maledictiō maledictiōn- from maledictus past participle of maledīcere to speak ill, curse ; see maledict .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
From Old French malison, from Latin maledictiÅ, from the past participle stem of maledÄ«cÅ (“I speak ill of"), from male (“wickedly, badly") + dÄ«cÅ (“say, speak"). Compare malediction.
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