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curst en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /kɜː(ɹ)st/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, archaic) Archaic spelling of cursed.
    alt of cursed
    • “Stay back!" She swung the sword at him, praying she could actually use the curst thing. 2011, Sabrina Jeffries, How to Woo a Reluctant Lady (fiction), Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 350:
    • "Sounds curst funereal, Zeb! O my poor nunky! Go fetch 'em, Sergeant, and let me see 'em—'twill distress and pain me I know but—go fetch 'em!" 1918, Jeffery Farnol, Our Admirable Betty:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
curster Degree=Cmp lexicographic
curstest Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

curstness

curst en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /kɜː(ɹ)st/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, archaic) Archaic spelling of cursed, simple past and past participle of curse.
    alt of cursed
    • But alas, we are at the far north end of NJ-and our younger daughter has the thrice curst SATs on Saturday. 2009 April 18, Lavannah, “Big, Broad, Flexible Religion (comment)”, in The Gods Are Bored, retrieved 13 May 2013:
    • [...] what hangman hands / Pin to his breast a parchment? His own bands / Read it. Poor traitor, spit upon and curst! 1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section XVII: