† cursedheadn.
Obsolete.
Cursedness, execrable wickedness.
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villainy?c1225
cursedhead1382
cursednessa1400
grievoustyc1410
enormityc1480
atrocity1534
malignitya1535
heinousness1563
enormousnessa1631
enormance1682
flagitiousness1692
flagrancy1714
atrociousness1731
outrageousness1869
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (MSS. B, D, E, F, H) Lev. xviii. 27 Alle forsothe thes cursydhedes [v.r. cursidnessis, a1425 L.V. abhomynaciouns] diden the tiliers of the erthe that weren bifore ȝow.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 6544 And þar-wid forþermare he ȝede, For to se þair curced hede.
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