malignant

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Harmful, malevolent, injurious.

   Malignant temper; malignant revenge; malignant infection.

2. 2
   adj

   Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.

   Malignant diphtheria.

3. 3
   noun

   A deviant; a person who is hostile or destructive to society.

   As devout Stephen was carried to his burial by devout men, so is it just and equal that malignants should carry malignants […].

4. 4
   adj

   dangerous to health

From Middle French malignant, from Late Latin malignans. See malign.

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