MALEDICTION


Meaning of MALEDICTION in English

— maledictive, maledictory /mal'i dik"teuh ree/ , adj.

/mal'i dik"sheuhn/ , n.

1. a curse; imprecation.

2. the utterance of a curse.

3. slander.

[ 1400-50; late ME malediccion malediction- (s. of maledictio ) slander (LL: curse). See MALE-, DICTION ]

Syn. 1. damning, execration.

Ant. 1. benediction.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .