Curstest vs Cursest - What's the difference?
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(archaic) (curse)
A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
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A vulgar epithet.
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(lb) To place a curse upon (a person or object).
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*:Captain Edward Carlisle; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed' the fate which had assigned such a duty, ' cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
*Bible, (w) xxii. 28
*:Thou shalt notcurse the ruler of thy people.
(lb) To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
(lb) To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
*Bible, (w) xxi. 74
*:Then began he to curse and to swear.
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:His spirits hear me, / And yet I need must curse .
To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:On impious realms and barbarous kings impose / Thy plagues, and curse 'em with such sons as those.
As an adjective curstest
is (curst).As a verb cursest is
(archaic) (curse).curstest
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Adjective
(head)curst
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Adjective
(er)citation, genre=fiction , publisher=Simon and Schuster , isbn=9781439167588 , page=350 , passage=“Stay back!" She swung the sword at him, praying she could actually use the curst thing. }}
Verb
(head)citation, archiveorg= , accessdate=2013-05-13 , passage=But alas, we are at the far north end of NJ-and our younger daughter has the thrice curst SATs on Saturday. }}
Anagrams
*cursest
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(head)curse
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Noun
(wikipedia curse) (en noun)- The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance.
Sam Leith
Where the profound meets the profane, passage=Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses ", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.}}