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accursed
[
uh
-
kur
-sid
,
uh
-
kurst
]
Origin
ac·curs·ed
/
əˈkɜr
sɪd
,
əˈkɜrst
/
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[
uh
-
kur
-sid
,
uh
-
kurst
]
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adjective
1.
under a curse; doomed; ill-fated.
2.
damnable; detestable.
Also,
ac·curst
/
əˈkɜrst
/
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[
uh
-
kurst
]
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.
Origin:
before 1000;
Middle English
acursed,
Old English
ācursod,
past participle of
ācursian.
See
a-
3
,
curse
Related forms
ac·curs·ed·ly
/
əˈkɜr
sɪd
li
/
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[
uh
-
kur
-sid-lee
]
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,
adverb
ac·curs·ed·ness,
noun
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accursed
or
accurst
(əˈkɜːsɪd, əˈkɜːst)
—
adj
1.
under or subject to a curse; doomed
2.
(
prenominal
) hateful; detestable; execrable
[Old English
ācursod,
past participle of
ācursian
to put under a
curse
]
accurst
or
accurst
—
adj
[Old English
ācursod,
past participle of
ācursian
to put under a
curse
]
accursedly
or
accurst
—
adv
ac'cursedness
or
accurst
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
accursed
early 13c., 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 1590s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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