maledicta

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Profane or blasphemous language. plural,plural-only
    — We see this in the third commandment, in the popularity of hell, damn, God, and Jesus Christ, and in many of the terms for taboo language itself: profanity (that which is not sacred), blasphemy (literally "evil speech" but in practice disrespect toward a deity), and swearing, cursing, and oaths, which were originally secured by the invocation of a deity or one of his symbols, like the tabernacle, chalice, and wafer incongruously found in Catholic maledicta.
  2. Taboo language of all kinds, including profanity, blasphemy, swearing, cursing, insults, hate speech, impolite language, etc. plural,plural-only
    — For 11 years now, “day and night, every Saturday and Sunday,” Aman had devoted his life to what he calls maledicta, the scholarly study of profanity and insults.

词汇关系

衍生词
maledicta balloon

词源

From Latin maledicta, plural of maledictum (“curse, insult”).
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary