9 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
verb wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
verb utter obscenities or profanities
originBorrowed from Latin imprecātus, perfect active participle of imprecor (“to invoke (good or evil) upon, pray to, call upon”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“upon”) + precor (“to pray”).
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