different between malison vs maldison

English

Etymology

From Old French malison, from Latin maledicti?, from the past participle stem of maled?c? (“I speak ill of”), from male (“wickedly, badly”) + d?c? (“say, speak”). Compare malediction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæl?z?n/, /?mæl?s?n/

Noun

malison (plural malisons)

1. (obsolete) A curse, a malediction.
   • 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History

     Rascality male and female is prowling in view of him. His fasting stomach is, with good cause, sour; he perhaps cannot forbear a passing malison on them; least of all can he forbear answering such.

Antonyms

• benison

Anagrams

• Osmanli, Soliman, monials, nomials, somalin, somnial

English

Noun

maldison (uncountable)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) The pesticide malathion.
   • 1977, Victorian Department of Agriculture, The Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Victoria, Volumes 75-76, page 23,

     Our tests have shown that the maldison/grain bait may be mixed well in advance, if it is then stored in drums or […] .

   • 1985, R. H, Blank, D.S. Bell, M. H. Olson, Insecticide baits for control of the black field cricket (Teleogryllus commodus), New Zealand Journal of Experimental Agriculture, Volume 13, page 267,

     The sawdust maldison mixture appeared to be more effective in paddocks with short pasture than in long rank pasture.

Anagrams

• lamnoids, salmonid