malefactive
Meanings
adj
- Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the person who is harmed or who loses out by an action.
noun
- A term or sentence element that serves a malefactive role or that is inflected for the malefactive case.
Word forms
Etymology
Parallel in formation with both malefactor and maleficent (which see). By surface analysis, Latin malefact(us) + -ive.
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