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malign

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
malign /məˈlʌɪn/

▶adjective evil in nature or effect. ▶verb speak ill of.

– derivatives
maligner noun,
malignity /məˈlɪgnɪti/ noun,
malignly adverb.

– origin ME: via OFr. maligne (adj.), malignier (v.), based on L. malignus ‘tending to evil’, from malus ‘bad’.

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