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malevolent

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
malevolent /məˈlɛv(ə)l(ə)nt/

▶adjective wishing evil to others.

– derivatives
malevolence noun,
malevolently adverb.

– origin C16: from L. malevolent- ‘wishing evil’, from male ‘ill’ + volent-, velle ‘to wish’.

'malevolent' also found in these Oxford entries:

cacodemon - duppy - dybbuk - malignant

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