malison
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of malison
1200–50; Middle English maliso ( u ) n < Old French maleison < Latin maledictiōn- (stem of maledictiō ) malediction
Example Sentences
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There seemed a fell malison on this spot which the Mason-Blodgett troupe had found.
From Time Magazine Archive
“On me, if I stay in Brattingsborg, Be every malison; If I have no horse on which to ride I have legs on which to run.”
From The Expedition to Birting's Land and other ballads by Borrow, George Henry
Does a bookseller misdirect a parcel, he exclaims, 'My malison on all Blockheadisms and Torpid Infidelities of which this world is full.'
From Obiter Dicta by Birrell, Augustine
The senses feel life's snow, But not less hot the tides of passion flow: Such is our earthly nature's malison!
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas
The mother puts her malison, or curse, upon him, but he rides off.
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank
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