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English
Etymology
From Middle English malisoun, from Old French maleison, from Latin maledictiō, from the past participle stem of maledīcō (“I speak ill of”), from male (“wickedly, badly”) + dīcō (“say, speak”). Compare malediction.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmælɪzən/, /ˈmælɪsən/
Noun
malison (plural malisons)
- (obsolete) A curse, a malediction.
1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. , volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. , →OCLC:A hide of land I give to thee in my steads of Walbrugham, from me and mine to thee and thine aye and for ever; and God’s malison on his head who this gainsays!
1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History , volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):Rascality male and female is prowling in view of him. His fasting stomach is, with good cause, sour; he perhaps cannot forbear a passing malison on them; least of all can he forbear answering such.
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Noun
malison
- Alternative form of malisoun