forcurse · verb — to curse utterly or completely; place under a heavy curse. It carries an Arena rating of 1509, earned across 70 head-to-head judged battles.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, forcurse ranks #783 of 17,147 for Scariest Words, #1,889 of 17,137 for Most Sublime Words, #2,862 of 17,135 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #3,131 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words.
Why “forcurse” is a great word
FORCURSE — [Verb] To curse utterly or completely; to place under a heavy curse. Its lineage is direct and heavy: from Middle English *forcursien*, from Old English *forcursian* ("to curse, curse up"), built from the intensive prefix *for-* welded to *curse*. Unlike "accurse" (which often bears the weight of formal, solemn pronouncement) or "damn" (which trades in common condemnation), *forcurse* is the act of cursing made absolute, a malediction taken to its logical end. It is the salt sown into the soil of a conquered city, the binding of a fate to bloodline and name, the final word that turns a soul to stone—the human attempt to make a word as final and absolute as the silence that follows it.
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Etymology
From Middle English forcursien, from Old English forcursian (“to curse, curse up”), equivalent to for- + curse.
verb
- To curse utterly or completely; place under a heavy curse.e.g.“The bishops were ever cursing them, but they cared nought therefor, for they were all forcursed and forsworn and forlorn [...]” — 1894, Henry Duff Traill, Social England:
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