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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Mal-

/(măl-)/ · IPA
01 A prefix in composition denoting ill, or evil, F. male, adv., fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form male-, as in malediction,…
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    A prefix in composition denoting ill, or evil, F. male, adv., fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form male-, as in malediction, malevolent. See Malice. Also: male- See: Malice