Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Malayalam

Ma″la‐ya″lam (?), n. The name given to one the cultivated Dravidian languages, closely related to the Tamil. Yule.

542

Malbrouck

‖Mal″brouck (?), n.(Zoöl.) A West African arboreal monkey (Cercopithecus cynosurus).

543

Malconformation

Mal‐con′for‐ma″tion (?), n. [Mal- + conformation.] Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form; disproportion of parts.

544

Malcontent

Mal″con‐tent′ (?), a. [F., fr. mal ill + content. See Malice, Content.] discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government. [Written also maleconte...

545

Malcontent (2)

Mal″con‐tent′, n. [F. malcontent.] One who discontented; especially, a discontented subject of a government; one who expresses his discontent by words or overt acts. Spenser.Ber...

546

Malcontented

Mal′con‐tent″ed (?), a. Malcontent. — Mal′con‐tent″ed‐ly, adv. — Mal′con‐tent″ed‐ness, n.

547

Maldanian

Mal‐da″ni‐an (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any species of marine annelids of the genus Maldane, or family Maldanidæ. They have a slender, round body, and make tubes in the sand or mud.

548

Male

Male (māl), a. [L. malus. See Malice.] Evil; wicked; bad. Marston.

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Male (2)

Male, n. Same as Mail, a bag. Chaucer.

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Male (3)

Male, a. [F. mâle, OF. masle, mascle, fr. L. masculus male, masculine, dim. of mas a male; possibly akin to E. man. Cf. Masculine, Marry, v. t.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sex t...

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Male (4)

Male, n. 1. An animal of the male sex.2. (Bot.) A plant bearing only staminate flowers.

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Male-

Male– (măl– or mălē̍–). See Mal-.

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Male-odor

Male–o″dor (?), n. See Malodor.

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Male-spirited

Male″–spir′it‐ed (?), a. Having the spirit of a male; vigorous; courageous. B. Jonson.

555

Maleadministration

Male′ad‐min′is‐tra″tion (măl′ăd‐mĭn′ĭs‐trā″shŭn), n. Maladministration.

556

Maleate

Ma‐le″ate (?), n. A salt of maleic acid.

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Malebranchism

Male‐branch″ism (?), n. The philosophical system of Malebranche, an eminent French metaphysician. The fundamental doctrine of his system is that the mind can not have knowledge ...

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Maleconformation

Male‐con′for‐ma″tion (?), n. Malconformation.

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Malecontent

Male″con‐tent′ (?), a. Malcontent.

560

Maledicency

Mal′e‐di″cen‐cy (?), n. [L. maledicentia. See Maledicent.] Evil speaking. Atterbury.

561

Maledicent

Mal′e‐di″cent (?), a. [L. maledicens, p. pr. of maledicere to speak ill; male ill + dicere to say, speak. See Malice, and Diction.] Speaking reproachfully; slanderous. Sir E. Sa...

562

Maledict

Mal″e‐dict (?), a. [L. maledictus, p. p. of maledicere.] Accursed; abominable.

563

Malediction

Mal′e‐dic″tion, n. [L. maledictio: cf. F. malédiction. See Maledicent.] A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; — opposed to bened...

564

Malefaction

Mal′e‐fac″tion (?), n. [See Malefactor.] A crime; an offense; an evil deed. Shak.

565

Malefactor

Mal′e‐fac″tor (?), n. [L., fr. malefacere to do evil; male ill, evil + facere to do. See Malice, and Fact.] 1. An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prose...

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Malefactress

Mal′e‐fac″tress (?), n. A female malefactor. Hawthorne.

567

Malefeasance

Male‐fea″sance (?), n. See Malfeasance.