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Word: Malignant
Speech Type: Adjective
mid 16th century (also in the sense ‘likely to rebel against God or authority’): from late Latin malignant- ‘contriving maliciously’, from the verb malignare. The term was used in its early sense to describe Royalist sympathizers during the English Civil War
məˈlɪɡnənt
evil in nature or effect; malevolent
Short Definition:evil in nature or effect
Examples:- in the hands of malignant fate
(of a disease) very virulent or infectious.
Short Definition:(of disease) very virulent or infectious
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