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S vs Imprecation - What's the difference?

s | imprecation |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun imprecation is

imprecation (a curse).

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    imprecation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon someone; a prayer that a curse or calamity may befall someone.
  • * 1893 , , Maggie, Girl of the Streets , ch. 10:
    • Her son turned to look at her as she reeled and swayed in the middle of the room, her fierce face convulsed with passion, her blotched arms raised high in imprecation . "May Gawd curse her forever," she shrieked.
  • A curse.
  • * 1839 , , Oliver Twist , ch. 3:
    • Mr. Gamfield growled a fierce imprecation on the donkey generally, but more particularly on his eyes; and, running after him, bestowed a blow on his head.

    Related terms

    * deprecation * imprecate * precation

    See also

    * Article on “imprecation” on Wordmall