malice

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 External links 1.4 Anagrams 2 Esperanto 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adverb

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[edit] Etymology

< Middle English < Old French < Latin malitia (“‘badness, bad quality, ill-will, spite’”) < malus (“‘bad’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

malice (uncountable)

1. Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. To take pleasure in another's misfortune.
   • 1981, Philip K. Dick, Valis, ISBN 0-553-20594-3, p. 67

     ... not only was there no gratitude (which he could psychologically handle) but downright malice showed itself instead. Fat had noted this but had written it off as nothing more than irritability, a form of impatience.

[edit] Synonyms

• ill will
• wickedness
• evilness

[edit] Derived terms

• malicious

[edit] Related terms

• malady

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• malice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• malice in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aceilm
• claime
• maleic

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[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmalitse/
• Hyphenation: mal‧ice

[edit] Adverb

malice

1. maliciously