April 18, 2008
Friday, 18th April 2008 : Today's Word is ...
Malediction
Pronunciation : m�lle-d�k-shen
1. The calling down of a curse
2. Slander or evil talk about somebody
3. A denunciation invoking a wish or threat of evil or injury
14th century - Latin malediction - maledicere - speak ill of - dicere - speak
anathema, curse, damnation, execration, imprecation.
blessing
� A malediction was pronounced against the town and ever since there has been no fresh water there.
� I have reason to know that a local friend of ours (on whom I beg to bestow a passing but a hearty malediction, with the kind permission of my reverend friend) sneaks to and fro, and dodges up and down.
� He searched about in his mind for an ade- quate malediction for the indefinite cause, the thing upon which men turn the words of final blame.
� There Justice Minister Bola Ige, confronted with the general incivility of local police, placed a malediction on the cads. Said the Hon. Bola Ige, "I pray that God will make big holes in their pockets."
� A conspiracy of infamy so black that, when it is finally exposed, its principals shall be forever deserving of the maledictions of all honest men.
� Malign : Verb
� Malefactor : Noun
� Malinger : Noun
� Malicious : Adjective
� Malevolent : Adjective
� Maladroit : Adjective
� Maladroit : Adjective
� Maledictive : Adverb