maledict

[ mal-i-dikt ]

adjective

1. accursed.

verb (used with object)

1. to put a curse on.

maledict

/ ˈmælɪdɪkt /

verb

1. literary.
   tr to utter a curse against

adjective

1. archaic.
   cursed or detestable

Word History and Origins

Origin of maledict¹

1540–50; < Late Latin maledictus accursed, Latin: past participle of maledīcere to speak ill of, abuse, equivalent to male- male- + dīcere to say

Example Sentences

Other winning words in Sunday’s championship game included “maledict,” an archaic word for “accursed,” and “kudu,” a large, grayish-brown African antelope.

From New York Times

His opponent scored 95 points with maledict, which means to utter a curse against, but Mr Richards won by 575 points to 452.

From BBC

This batch of maledict encumbrances is under the command of Benedict Cumberbatch, a neo-Nazi advocate of the superman who puts Nietzsche before nurture with the aim of ruling the world.

From The Guardian

Poor Rose Galh! you and many a mother, and father, and wife, and orphan, have had reason to maledict the bloody Battles of the Factions.

From Project Gutenberg

All the while the maledict banner of the Romanoffs writhes above them.

From Project Gutenberg