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Meaning of Malediction | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˌmæl.əˈdɪk.ʃən

Definitions

  1. A curse.
  2. Evil speech.

Equivalents

العربية مسبة
Español maldición
Français malédiction
עברית לשון הרע
Bahasa Indonesia laknat
日本語 呪詛
한국어 악담
Latina maledictio
Türkçe beddua ilenç kargış lanet

Examples

“[H]is friend, with great ebullience of paſſion, many praiſes of his own good play, and many maledictions on the power of chance, took up the cards, and threw them into the fire.”
“In view of all that we have said in the foregoing sections, the many obstacles we appear to have surmounted, what casts the pall over our victory celebration? It is the curse of dimensionality, a malediction that has plagued the scientist from earliest days.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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