His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in his disease.
Hayward.
3. Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness;
heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud. [R.]
Syn. -- See Malice.
Ma*lign"ly (?), adv. In a malign manner; with malignity.
Ma*lin"ger (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. MAlingered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Malingering.] To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or
inability.
Ma*lin"ger*er (?), n. [F. malingre sickly, weakly, prob. from mal ill +
OF. heingre, haingre, thin, lean, infirm, fr. L. aeger.] In the army, a
soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts an
illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one who
shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability.
Ma*lin"ger*y (?), n. The spirit or practices of a malingerer;
malingering.
Mal"i*son (?), n. [OF. maleicon, L. maledictio. See Malediction, and
cf. Benison.] Malediction; curse; execration. [Poetic]
God's malison on his head who this gainsays.
Sir W. Scott.
Mal"kin (?), n. [Dim. of Maud, the proper name. Cf. Grimalkin.]
[Written also maukin.] 1. Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern.
Chaucer.