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单词 malefice
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maleficen.

Forms: Middle English malafice, Middle English maleffyce, Middle English malefyce, Middle English malyfite (transmission error), Middle English 1700s maleficie, Middle English–1800s malefice, Middle English–1800s malifice; Scottish pre-1700 malafice, pre-1700 malefice, pre-1700 malifice, pre-1700 malliefice.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French malefice; Latin maleficium.
Etymology: < (i) Middle French malefice evil deed (early 13th cent. in Old French), evil spell, sorcery (late 13th cent. in Old French), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin maleficium maleficium n. Compare earlier benefice n. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mæ·lĭfis) /ˈmælɪfɪs/.
Obsolete.
1. A wicked enchantment; sorcery.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun]
wielingeOE
wielOE
craftOE
witchcraftOE
witchdomOE
telingc1230
demerlaykc1275
dweomercraeftc1275
sorcerya1300
magicc1387
maleficec1390
jugglerya1400
precination1503
witchery1546
maleficiousness1547
prestigiation?c1550
wizardry1583
magie1592
dark art1613
prestigion1635
conjurement1645
magomancy1652
wizardism1682
thaumaturgy1727
warlockry1818
witchwork1827
brujería1838
wizardship1882
trolldom1891
mojo1923
pixie dust1951
witchering1956
old religion1964
c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 341 Fully ne shal it neuere quenche..but if he were refreyded by siknesse or by malefice of sorcerye or colde drynkes.
?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. pr. iv. 303 They trowen that I have had affinyte to malefice or enchauntement.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 203/2 Seynt Peter..disclosed all his [sc. Simon Magus'] malefyces.
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 100 Malefice, and sorcery.
1700 G. Hickes Let. 19 June in S. Pepys Diary (1879) VI. 202 The discovery of witches, and their malefices and enchantments.
1865 Cornhill Mag. Apr. 471 That he should die by the malefice of a sorcerer.
1890 A. Lowson John Guidfollow 299 Witnesses, who gave testimony that the malifices libelled could not have come proceeded from natural causes.
2. An evil deed; mischief.
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil deed > [noun]
unwrenchc897
checkc1330
trippetc1330
wretchednessc1380
iniquities1477
feat1481
dog-trick?c1550
malefice1591
mistreading1598
meschantery1634
dog's trick1742
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > an evil deed
misdeedeOE
murderOE
harmOE
un-i-selthlOE
ungooda1250
wickednessa1325
illa1340
untetchea1375
villainy1377
wretchednessc1380
misdoingc1460
malefice1591
turpitude1597
meschantery1634
misactiona1667
naughtiness1789
wrongdoing1874
1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 1153 He crammed them with crumbs of Benefices, And fild their mouthes with meeds of malefices.
1611 J. Davies Scourge Folly 127 So, to the Curat tis a Malefice; But to the Patron, still a Benefice.
1680 ‘Philalethes’ tr. G. Buchanan De Jure Regni apud Scotos 101 They use to be highly offended with robbers, and that very justly, if any of them in their malefices pretend the Kings name.
1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 69 Before I ween'd, but now I wat, spoken upon the full discovery of some malefice which before we only suspected.
1867 P. B. St. John Snow Ship v. 47 Of man, his tricks and malefices, there was no sign.
3. Astrology. Malefic character.
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the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] > nature of > malign
malignancya1616
malefice1652
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 77 Made to consist by the Stars; and his body to thrive, or dwindle away, according to the benefice, or malefice of their influences.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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