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   imprecation

   /ˌɪmprɪˈkeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a spoken curse: formal "I pushed my way through, screaming imprecations" Similar cursemaledictionanathemahexcessarchaic:execrationmalisonbanswear wordcurseexpletiveoathprofanityfour-letter wordobscenityepithetdirty wordswearingcursingblasphemingblasphemysacrilegebad languagefoul languagestrong languagecolourful languagecuss wordarchaic:execrationOpposite bless

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin imprecatio(n-), from imprecari ‘invoke (evil)’, from in- ‘towards’ + precari ‘pray’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. imprecatory adjective

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