maledictive, a.
(mælɪˈdɪktɪv)
[f. L. maledict- (see malediction) + -ive.]
Characterized by cursing or curses; uttering maledictions.
| 1865 S. Ferguson Lays of Western Gael 54 Daily in their mystic ring They turn'd the maledictive stones. 1905 K. Meyer Cáin Adamnáin p. vii, A poem on the maledictive psalms selected by Adamnan. 1922 Joyce Ulysses 326 Seats of learning and maledictive stones. |