/mo.di/
Translation
cursed, damned
Word origin
Past participle of maudire ('to curse'), from Latin maledicere ('to speak ill of'), from male ('badly') and dicere ('to say'). English 'malediction' comes from the same verb.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- maledicere
- English cognates
- malediction, malice, diction
Grammar
Examples
Cette .
That damned door never shuts properly.
cet .
He has believed himself cursed since that accident.
.
They say the house is cursed.
?
Where are my damned keys?
poète cliché -neuvième .
The cursed poet is a nineteenth-century cliche.
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