| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | mal·e·dict |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m l  -dkt |
| ADJECTIVE: | Archaic Accursed. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: mal·e·dict·ed, mal·e·dict·ing, mal·e·dicts
To pronounce a curse against. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English maladicte, from Latin maledictus, past participle of maled cere, to curse : male, ill; see mel-3 in Appendix I + dcere, to speak; see deik- in Appendix I.
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