beshrew

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To invoke or wish evil upon; to curse.
  2. (transitive) An imperative uttered as a mildly imprecatory or merely expletive introductory exclamation.

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Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From Middle English beschrewen (“to curse, pervert”). By surface analysis, be- + shrew.

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