imprecation
/ˌɪm.pɹɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ noun
Forms imprecations
- noun The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon someone; a prayer that a curse or calamity may befall someone.
- noun A curse.
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin imprecātiō (“calling down of curses”), from imprecor (“call down, invoke”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act of imprecating, or unvoking evil upon any one; a player that a curse or calamnity may fall on any one; a curse.
Etymology [L. imprecatio: cf. F. imprécation.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “imprecation”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details