"malison" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmælɪzən/, /ˈmælɪsən/ Forms: malisons [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English malisoun, from Old French maleison, from Latin maledictiō, from the past participle stem of maledīcō (“I speak ill of”), from male (“wickedly, badly”) + dīcō (“say, speak”). Doublet of malediction. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|malisoun}} Middle English malisoun, {{der|en|fro|maleison}} Old French maleison, {{der|en|la|maledictiō}} Latin maledictiō, {{doublet|en|malediction}} Doublet of malediction Head templates: {{en-noun}} malison (plural malisons)
  1. (obsolete) A curse, a malediction. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-malison-en-noun-aBZY8zHM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for malison meaning in English (1.4kB)

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