malevolent
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1500–10; < Latin malevolent- (stem of malevolēns) ill-disposed, spiteful, equivalent to male- male- + volent- (stem of volēns), present participle of velle to want, wish for, desire (see will1, -ent)
1500–10; < Latin malevolent- (stem of malevolēns) ill-disposed, spiteful, equivalent to male- male- + volent- (stem of volēns), present participle of velle to want, wish for, desire (see will1, -ent)
Related forms
ma·lev·o·lent·ly, adverb
un·ma·lev·o·lent, adjective
un·ma·lev·o·lent·ly, adverb
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| —adj | |
| 1. | wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; malicious |
| 2. | astrology having an evil influence |
| [C16: from Latin malevolens, from male ill + volens, present participle of velle to wish] | |
| ma'levolence | |
| —n | |
| ma'levolently | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
malevolent
c.1500, from O.Fr. malivolent, from L. malevolentem (nom. malevolens) "ill-disposed, envious," from male "badly" + volentem (nom. volens), prp. of velle "to wish" (see will (v.)). Related: Malevolently.
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Example sentences
They aren't good people with bad information, these are malevolent people who want to drag the world into a new dark age.
It features a weapons-wise, no-nonsense heroine who combats a malevolent wizard and his bumbling sidekick.
The mistreatment of him seems pointlessly malevolent.
It has form and direction and even a sort of malevolent logic.
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