maledicent

English

Etymology

Latin maledicent

Adjective

maledicent (comparative more maledicent, superlative most maledicent)

1. (archaic) reproachful in speech
   • 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History

     Did the maledicent Bodyguard, getting (as was too inevitable) better malediction than he gave, load his musketoon, and threaten to fire; and actually fire?

2. (archaic) slanderous

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) maledīcent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of maledīcō