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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Malignant

Ma-lig'nant, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. malignans, p. pr. of malignare or malignari, to do or make maliciously. See MALIGN, and cf. BENIGNANT.]

  1. Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil.
  2. Exerting a pernicious influence; virulent; heinous; tending to destroy life.
  3. (Med.) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent.

Syn.—Malicious; malevolent; bitter; rancorous; spiteful; resentful; envious; malign.

Ma-lig'nant, n.

noun

n. [Obs.] 1. A man of extreme enmity or evil intentions. Hooker. 2. (Eng. Hist.) One of the adherents of the house of Stuart; a cavalier;—so called by the opposite party.