·add. ·- The mildest form of epilepsy, with momentary faintness or unconsciousness, but without convulsions;
— opposed to grand mal.
·- A prefix in composition denoting ill, or evil, ·Fr. male, ·adv, ·Fr. malus, bad, ill. In some wor...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj Small; little; insignificant; mean; — ·same·as <<Petty>>. ...
See Holy Trinity the Less. ...
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