malicious
adj/məˈlɪʃəs/
Etymology
From Middle English malicious, from Old French malicios, from Latin malitiōsus, from malitia (“malice”), from malus (“bad”). Displaced native Middle English ivelwilled and ivelwilly (“malicious”), related to Old English yfelwillende (literally “evil-willing”). By surface analysis, malice + -ious.
- derived from malitiōsus
- derived from malicios
- inherited from malicious
Definitions
Intending to do harm
Intending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice.
- He was sent off for a malicious tackle on Jones.
- 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.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for malicious. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA