Imprecation is today’s Word of the Day. While listening to a science fiction book, the author describes one of the main characters, Van, uttering an imprecation, when he discovers that he had been tricked. I had an idea of what it meant based on the context. When I arrived home, of course, I had to look up the definition.
| WORD | TYPE | DEFINITION | PRONUNCIATION |
| Imprecation | Noun | A spoken curse word; Something said to someone that is rude, angry, or hostile | im-pri-key-shuhn |
| SOURCE | Latin imprecātiōn- (stem of imprecātiō), equivalent to imprecāt(us) — late 16th century. | ||
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Information Sources: Combination of Dictionary.com; Dictionary of American Regional English; Merriam-Webster Dictionary; Collins English Dictionary; Oxford English Dictionary; Vocabulary.com; A Word a Day; The Etyman™; The Word Finder (J.I. Rodale)
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