English Explanatory Dictionary

malignity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality of being malign or malignant; badness, evilness, monstrosity, depravity, maliciousness.
  2. A non-benign cancer; a malignancy.
  3. A group of goblins.

Word forms

malignity malignities

Etymology

From Middle English malignete, malignitee, malignyte, malyngnite, from Middle French maligneté, from Latin malignitās. By surface analysis, malign + -ity. * (a group of goblins): Coined by David Malki in the 30 October 2009 Wondermark webcomic strip “Supernatural Collective Nouns”.

Synonyms

baseness depravity malice perversion bad manners badness delinquency devilishness devilment devilry deviltry disobedience elfishness goings-on hanky-panky impishness impropriety misbehavior mischief mischievousness misconduct misdemeanor monkey business naughtiness prankishness pranksomeness puckishness rascality roguery roguishness scampishness wrong wrongness corruption defilement degeneracy degradation depravation depravedness impurity iniquity lewdity malignity misdoing misguilt obliquity peccability pollution pravity sin sinfulness turpitude vitiation wickedness wrongdoing
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