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
It is only our gentle minstrel of the meres who sits in the seat of the scornful—only the hermit of Rydal Mount who invokes the malison of Nature.
From On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John
Either to take the half of it with her blessing, or the whole of it with her malison.
From The Scottish Fairy Book by Grierson, Elizabeth Wilson
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
So at last he made up his mind to take the whole of it, even if he had to bear his mother's malison.
From The Scottish Fairy Book by Grierson, Elizabeth Wilson
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