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Topic: MAGIC

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Late Latin
Origin: maledictio, from Latin maledicere 'to speak evil'

malediction

 noun
     
mal‧e‧dic‧tion [countable]
old-fashioned formalROM a wish that something bad will happen to someone [= curse]
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