malefactive

adj

Etymology

Parallel in formation with both malefactor and maleficent (which see). By surface analysis, Latin malefact(us) + -ive.

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the person who is…

    Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the person who is harmed or who loses out by an action.

  2. A term or sentence element that serves a malefactive role or that is inflected for the…

    A term or sentence element that serves a malefactive role or that is inflected for the malefactive case.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for malefactive. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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