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damn
English
Etymology
Middle English dampnen, from Old French damner, from Latin damnare (“to condemn, inflict loss upon”), from damnum (“loss”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dæm/
- Rhymes: -æm
- Homophone: dam
Verb
damn (third-person singular simple present damns, present participle damning, simple past and past participle damned)
- (theology, transitive, intransitive) To condemn to hell.
- To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
- To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.
- To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.
- November 8, 1708, Alexander Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell
- You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] […] without hearing.
- November 8, 1708, Alexander Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell
- (profane) To curse; put a curse upon.
- (archaic) To invoke damnation; to curse.
- c. 1767-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs. Bunbury
- c. 1767-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs. Bunbury
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Adjective
damn (not comparable)
- (mildly vulgar) Generic intensifier. Fucking; bloody.
Synonyms
- see also Thesaurus:damned
Translations
Adverb
damn (not comparable)
- (mildly vulgar) Very; extremely.
Translations
Interjection
damn
- (mildly vulgar) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or suprise, etc. See also dammit.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:dammit
Derived terms
- dang (euphemistic)
- darn (euphemistic)
- dayum (slang, emphatic form)
- dizamn (slang, emphatic form)
Translations
Noun
damn (plural damns)
- The use of "damn" as a curse.
- (mildly vulgar, chiefly in the negative) A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.
- (mildly vulgar, chiefly in the negative) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
Translations
Anagrams
- MDNA, NDMA, NMDA, mDNA, mand, nam'd
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interdict
English
Etymology
From Middle English entrediten, from Old French entredire (“forbid”), from Latin interd?c? (“prohibit, forbid”), from inter- (“between”) + d?c? (“say”), from Proto-Indo-European *dey?-.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): (noun) /??nt?d?kt/, (verb) /?nt??d?kt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): (noun) /??nt?d?kt/, (verb) /?nt??d?kt/
- Hyphenation: in?ter?dict
Noun
interdict (plural interdicts)
- A papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person (e.g., a king or an oligarchy with similar powers). Extreme unction/Anointing of the Sick is excepted.
- (Scotland, law) An injunction.
Translations
Verb
interdict (third-person singular simple present interdicts, present participle interdicting, simple past and past participle interdicted)
- (transitive, Roman Catholicism) To exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict. [from 13th c.]
- 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon juris canonici Anglicani
- An archbishop [may not only] excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his Vicar-General may also do the same.
- 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon juris canonici Anglicani
- (transitive) To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive) To forbid (someone) from doing something. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive, US, military) To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc). [from 20th c.]
- 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 2004, p. 756:
- Grant did not cease his efforts to interdict Lee's supply lines and break through the defenses.
- 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 2004, p. 756:
Related terms
- interdiction
- interdictive
- interdictory
- interdictively
- interdictor
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