·- A prefix in composition denoting ill, or evil, ·Fr. male, ·adv, ·Fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form male-, as in malediction, malevolent. ·see Malice.
·add. ·- The mildest form of epilepsy, with momentary faintness or unconsciousness, but without conv...
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