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maledicax

maledicax · adj

foul-mouthed, abusive, slanderous, reviling

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Where it lives

Curculio 1 · 1.62/10k

What it meant

mălĕdĭcax — Lewis & Short

mălĕdĭcax (or separately, mălĕ dĭ-cax), ācis, adj.male-dicax,

I foul-mouthed, abusive, slanderous, reviling (ante- and postclass.): maledicax es, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 26. —

II Subst., a reviler, slanderer, Macr. S. 7, 3 med.

In the wild

maledicax Plautus, Curculio 4.2

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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