malitious

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A form of malicious — Intending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice.

OriginLatin malitiōsus →
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Meanings

adjectivemalitious (comparative more malitious, superlative most malitious)

comparative more malitious · superlative most malitious

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of malicious.

    And novv, if you are a Malitious Reader, I expect you ſhould return upon me, that I affect to be thought more Impartial than I am.

    1681, [John Dryden], “To the Reader”, in Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem, London: […] J[acob] T[onson] and are to be sold by W. Davis […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinmalitiōsus
  2. Englishmalitious

From Latin malitiōsus.

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Chicago

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