Meanings
adjectivemaladif (comparative more maladif, superlative most maladif)
comparative more maladif · superlative most maladif
- obsoleteSickly.
Pray tell me if it is true that Prince George of P. is going to make a morganatic marriage. I should be sorry, because I thought he was too maladif to marry even. If he could do so, he might do for poor Mary C.
1859 (date written), Queen Victoria, edited by Roger Fulford, Dearest Child: Letters between Queen Victoria and the Princess Royal, 1858-1861, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, published 1964, page 157
Origin
- Frenchmaladif
- Englishmaladif
From French maladif.
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Rhymes with maladif
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APA
maladif. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maladif
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Chicago
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