maleficent

maleficent
adjective Etymology: back-formation from maleficence Date: 1678 working or productive of harm or evil ; baleful

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  • maleficent — (adj.) 1670s, from L. maleficent , altered stem of maleficus (see MALEFIC (Cf. malefic)) …   Etymology dictionary

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