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Maledicent
Webster 1828 Edition
Maledicent
MAL'EDICENT
,Adj.
Definition 2024
maledicent
maledicent
English
Adjective
maledicent (comparative more maledicent, superlative most maledicent)
- (archaic) reproachful in speech
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- Did the maledicent Bodyguard, getting (as was too inevitable) better malediction than he gave, load his musketoon, and threaten to fire; and actually fire?
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- (archaic) slanderous