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accursed

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ac⋅curs⋅ed

  [uh-kur-sid, uh-kurst]
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–adjective
1. under a curse; doomed; ill-fated.
2. damnable; detestable.
Also, ac⋅curst  [uh-kurst] .

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME acursed, OE ācursod, ptp. of ācursian. See a- 3 , curse

Related forms:
ac⋅curs⋅ed⋅ly  [uh-kur-sid-lee] , adverb
ac⋅curs⋅ed⋅ness, noun
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ac·curs·ed   (ə-kûr'sĭd, ə-kûrst')   
adj.  

  1. Abominable; hateful: this accursed mud.

  2. Being under a curse; doomed.


[Middle English acursed, past participle of acursen, to put a curse on : a-, intensive pref. (from Old English ā-) + Old English cursian, to curse (from curs, curse).]
ac·curs'ed·ly adv., ac·curs'ed·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

accursed 
c.1220, acursede "lying under a curse," pp. of obs. acursen "pronounce a curse upon, excommunicate," from a- intens. prefix + cursein (see curse). The extra -c- is 15c., mistaken Latinism. Weakened sense of "worthy of a curse" is from 1591.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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