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> Accursèd

For those who don’t know, the accent indicates that the -ed ending is pronounced as a separate syllable, I.e. “a-curse-ed”. For that extra mysterious, old-timey feel!



Just like beloved is supposed to be pronounced (don't @ me Descriptivists).




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