malison
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[mal-uh-zuh
n, -suhn] 
–noun Archaic.
| a curse. |
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| mal·i·son (māl'ĭ-sən, -zən) n. Archaic A curse. [Middle English malisoun, from Old French maleiçon, from Latin maledictiō, maledictiōn-, from maledictus, past participle of maledīcere, to speak ill, curse; see maledict.] |
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Malison
Mal"i*son\, n. [OF. maleicon, L. maledictio. See Malediction, and cf. Benison.] Malediction; curse; execration. [Poetic] God's malison on his head who this gainsays. --Sir W. Scott.
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malison
"a curse," c.1300, from O.Fr. maleiçon "curse," from L. maledictionem (nom. maledictio); see malediction.
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