malison

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmælɪzən/, /ˈmælɪsən/

Noun

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malison (plural malisons)

  1. (obsolete) A curse, a malediction.
    • 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. [], →OCLC:
      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!
    • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History [], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
      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.

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Middle English

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Noun

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malison

  1. Alternative form of malisoun