imprecation


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
imprecation/ɪmprɪˈkeɪʃn/
noun formal a spoken curse.
– derivatives
imprecatory adjective.
– origin ME: from L. imprecatio(n-), from imprecari ‘invoke (evil)’, from in- ‘towards’ + precari ‘pray’.
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