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"Maudit...Italian maledetto...Maledire...opposite of benedire...
...which all have English equivalents still current, i.e. malediction and benediction.
Peculiar accompaniment: ever heard "malediction" with any other verb than "uttered"? A little like the "rosy-fingered-dawn" always occurring as a single phrase in The Oddessy. I recall that the Greeks even had a word for such concatenations-by-convention (but it never stuck in my head).
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ever heard "malediction" with any other verb than "uttered"?
Kieva always, when in doubt Pulls Gilbert & Sull'van out:
If he's telling a terrible story He shall die by a death that is gory. One of the cruelest of slaughters That were ever seen in these waters. And we'll finish his moral affliction With a very complete malediction As a compliment valedictory, If he's telling a terrible story. --Pirates of Penzance; end of Act I
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Ever see a count how many times "Wine dark sea" appears?
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Hey, the man had to recite it from memory! Give poor Homer a break! Ever notice how the second book, reciting the various troups who honored troy's walls, reads with all the excitement of a telephone directory?
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>It seems that "fichu" would mean "fixed" but that's not much of an expletive
I dunno, Bill. My dog might disagree with that.
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