curst

English

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st

Adjective

curst (comparative curster, superlative curstest)

  1. Archaic spelling of cursed.
    • 1918, Jeffery Farnol, Our Admirable Betty‎[1]:
      "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!"
    • 2011, Sabrina Jeffries, How to Woo a Reluctant Lady‎[2] (fiction), Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 350:
      “Stay back!" She swung the sword at him, praying she could actually use the curst thing.

Derived terms

Verb

curst

  1. Archaic spelling of cursed, simple past and past participle of curse.
    • 1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section XVII:
      [...] what hangman hands / Pin to his breast a parchment? His own bands / Read it. Poor traitor, spit upon and curst!
    • 2009 April 18, Lavannah, “Big, Broad, Flexible Religion (comment)”, in The Gods Are Bored‎[3], retrieved 13 May 2013:
      But alas, we are at the far north end of NJ-and our younger daughter has the thrice curst SATs on Saturday.

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

curst

  1. alternative form of cruste
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