verb/mo.diʁ/
to curse
Inherited from Old French maudire, maldire, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin maledīcere (“to slander, curse”). Equivalent to mal + dire. Cf. the Old French form maleir, which may have been inherited.
/mo.diʁ/
to curse
Inherited from Old French maudire, maldire, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin maledīcere (“to slander, curse”). Equivalent to mal + dire. Cf. the Old French form maleir, which may have been inherited.