piseog means An evil spell; a curse. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Why this word is great
PISEOG — [Noun] An evil spell or malignant charm, rooted in the specific soil of Irish folk belief. Borrowed from Irish piseog, meaning “charm, spell, witchcraft.” Unlike an “incantation” (a neutral formula of words) or “superstition” (a broad category of irrational belief), a piseog is a directed act of spite, a concrete knot of malice tied to a place or a person. It is the crooked thorn driven into a field to blight the crop, the raw eggshell left to curdle a bride’s joy, or the knotted thread of hair buried at a boundary—a small, secret violence proving that harm can be woven into the very fabric of the mundane, rendering the familiar landscape quietly perilous.
noun
- An evil spell; a curse.