maledict

maledict
/mal"i dikt/, Archaic.
adj.
1. accursed.
v.t.
2. to put a curse on.
[1540-50; < LL maledictus accursed, L: ptp. of maledicere to speak ill of, abuse, equiv. to male- MALE- + dicere to say]

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