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maleficent Definition


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maleficent
adj
    literary:
    formal or old use:
    1. Said of magical or astrological agencies or practices, etc: harmful; producing evil.
      Thesaurus: harmful, hurtful, evil, pernicious, injurious, detrimental, destructive; Antonym: beneficent, harmless.
      Form: malefic (also)
    2. Said of a person or their behaviour, etc: criminal; doing wrong.
Derivative: malefically
adverb
    Derivative: maleficence
    noun
      Etymology: 17c: from Latin maleficus.



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