malison

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/ˈmælɪzən//ˈmælɪsən/

noun

A curse, a malediction.

Opposite
benison
OriginMiddle English malisoun ← Old French maleison ← Latin maledictiō →
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Meanings

nounmalison (plural malisons)

plural malisons

  1. obsoleteA 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. […], →OCLC
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    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)

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
benison

Origin

  1. Latinmaledictiō
  2. Old Frenchmaleison
  3. Middle Englishmalisoun
  4. Englishmalison

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.

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