🔤 Imprecation (Noun)
IPA: //ˌɪmprɪˈkeɪʃən//
✨ Use imprecation when you want to describe words that wound like spells—dark wishes spoken aloud.
🧠 Meaning
A spoken curse; the act of calling down harm or misfortune upon someone.
✍️ Example Sentences
🔹 The angry villager muttered an imprecation against the corrupt official.
🔹 Medieval texts are filled with prayers for blessings and imprecations against enemies.
📜 Word Origin
From Latin imprecari — in- (“upon”) + precari (“to pray”). Originally meant “to pray upon” or “invoke harm.”
💡 Did You Know?
Unlike casual insults, imprecations are deliberate curses—words meant to carry real weight or consequence.
🏷️ Related Words
#curse
#malediction
#hex
#damnation
#oath
#blasphemy
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