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Malignant

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) One of the adherents of Charles L. or Charles LL.; - so called by the opposite party.

(2):

(a.) Characterized or caused by evil intentions; pernicious.

(3):

(a.) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria.

(4):

(n.) A man of extrems enmity or evil intentions.

(5):

(a.) Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil; malicious.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Malignant'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/malignant.html. 1828.