Unscramble

m 3 a 1 l 1 e 1 d 2 i 1 c 3 t 1 i 1 o 1 n 1

11 letters · 16 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)

originFrom late Middle English malediccion, from Middle French malédiction, from Latin maledictiō (“curse”) from malus (“evil”) + dictiō (“speech”) noun of action from perfect passive participle dictus (“spoken”), from verb dīcō (“speak”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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