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malison

/ˈmælɪzən/

malison noun: a curse, a malediction.

Noun

malison (plural malisons)

  1. (obsolete) A curse, a malediction.
    • A hide of land I give to thee in my steads of Walbrugham, from me and mine to thee and thine aye and for ever; and God’s malison on his head who this gainsays!1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co....
    • Rascality male and female is prowling in view of him. His fasting stomach is, with good cause, sour; he perhaps cannot forbear a passing malison on them; least of all can he forbear answering such.1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number)

Antonyms of malison

Forms of malison

pluralmalisons

Origin of malison

From Middle English malisoun, from Old French maleison, from Latin maledictiō, from the past participle stem of maledīcō (“to speak ill of”), from male (“wickedly, badly”) + dīcō (“say, speak”). Doublet of malediction.

Questions about malison

What does malison mean?
Malison means a curse, a malediction.
What part of speech is malison?
Malison is a noun.
How do you pronounce malison?
Malison is pronounced /ˈmælɪzən/.
What is the plural of malison?
The plural of malison is malisons.

Words near malison in the dictionary

  1. Maliseet
  2. Maliseet-Passamaquoddy
  3. Maliseets
  4. Maliseet–Passamaquoddy
  5. malism
  6. malison
  7. malisons
  8. malist
  9. malistic
  10. malists
  11. Maliszewski

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