maleficiumn.

Brit.

/malᵻˈfɪʃɪəm/,

/ˌmalᵻˈfɪkɪəm/, U.S.

/ˌmæləˈfɪʃiəm/,

/ˌmɑləˈfɪʃiəm/

Inflections: Plural maleficia.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin maleficium.

Etymology: < classical Latin maleficium evil deed, injury, sorcery (the latter sense is increasingly common from Apuleius (late 2nd cent.) onwards, especially in phrase maleficium magicum ) < maleficus (see malefic adj.) + -ium -y suffix⁴.

a. An act of witchcraft performed with the intention of causing damage or injury; the resultant harm; (also) the power of Satan (rare). Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > malignant sorcery > injury caused by

shot1597

maleficium?1613

scathe1795

?1613 G. Abbot in T. B. Howell Compl. Coll. State Trials (1816) II. 795 I hope that those, who have embraced the gospel, should be free from this maleficium.

1908 Mod. Lang. Notes Mar. 84/1 The ‘maleficium’ consists in the pact with the devil and the submission to his sovereignty.

1930 Mod. Lang. Notes Apr. 258 The broadspread human belief in maleficium—‘the working of harm to the bodies and goods of one's neighbours by means of evil spirits or strange powers derived from intercourse with such spirits’.

1963 N. E. Whitten in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 404/1 Maleficia refer to misfortunes, attributed to evil.

1964 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 25 342 The anxious ecclesiastical authorities could think of but one cause as relevant to all this disorder, this bad Faith, significantly labelled ‘maleficium’, the power of the Evil one himself.

1980 Notes & Queries Apr. 151/1 The implication of the plea of maleficium in the divorce proceedings was that Essex had been bewitched by some unknown external agency.

1991 Shakespeare Q. 42 328 The witches plot to cause the magical kinds of harm to others conventionally associated with witches' maleficium: interference with livestock, weather, and male sexuality.

b. A potion or poison, used esp. in witchcraft.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > occult medicine

medicinec1395

amulet1718

amuletic1753

muti1860

maleficium1965

1965 J. T. Noonan Contraception 156 Pseudo-Bede asks: ‘Have you drunk any maleficium [L. bibisti ullum maleficium], that is, herbs or other agents so that you could not have children?’ (Pseudo-Bede, ‘The Order for Giving Penance,’ 30). In this sentence maleficium is not the sterilizing magical act, but the sterilizing magical potion.

1996 Nature 31 Oct. 782/2 Insidious anti-heroines worm their way into the homes of respectable America and then, witch-like, callously fill them with maleficium, poisoning family relations and even the dessert.

2. Civil Law. An act of wrongdoing which causes harm, injury, or loss to another party; the result of such an act.

ΚΠ

1778 Monthly Rev. 59 App. 504 Scelus, an enormous crime... Maleficium, is applied in general to every bad action.]

1805 Argument Hon. W. Smith on Case of Hon. Mr. Justice Johnson 30 I therefore proceed with the less scruple to observe..that libel being maleficium, he who is guilty of it is malefactor.

1830 R. Peters Rep. Supreme Court U.S. 3 231 ‘Barratry must be some breach of trust in the master ex maleficio’, in which, I presume, maleficium must mean some wilful and injurious act.

1944 All Eng. Law Rep. 1 658 Assuming the section to be one of a penal nature, a lex poenalis, it is a little odd to find it applied in cases where there is neither delictum nor maleficium.

1969 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. Oct. 200 Massachusetts law developed the concept, as did English law, that, while witchcraft itself might be punishable, condemnation ordinarily occurred only if maleficium—a harmful act—was perceived.

1992 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 May 42/1 Witchcraft without a proven element of maleficium seems to have been regarded as harmless.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maleficium
释义	maleficiumn. Brit. /malᵻˈfɪʃɪəm/, /ˌmalᵻˈfɪkɪəm/, U.S. /ˌmæləˈfɪʃiəm/, /ˌmɑləˈfɪʃiəm/ Inflections: Plural maleficia. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin maleficium. Etymology: < classical Latin maleficium evil deed, injury, sorcery (the latter sense is increasingly common from Apuleius (late 2nd cent.) onwards, especially in phrase maleficium magicum ) < maleficus (see malefic adj.) + -ium -y suffix⁴. 1. a. An act of witchcraft performed with the intention of causing damage or injury; the resultant harm; (also) the power of Satan (rare). Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > malignant sorcery > injury caused by shot1597 maleficium?1613 scathe1795 ?1613 G. Abbot in T. B. Howell Compl. Coll. State Trials (1816) II. 795 I hope that those, who have embraced the gospel, should be free from this maleficium. 1908 Mod. Lang. Notes Mar. 84/1 The ‘maleficium’ consists in the pact with the devil and the submission to his sovereignty. 1930 Mod. Lang. Notes Apr. 258 The broadspread human belief in maleficium—‘the working of harm to the bodies and goods of one's neighbours by means of evil spirits or strange powers derived from intercourse with such spirits’. 1963 N. E. Whitten in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 404/1 Maleficia refer to misfortunes, attributed to evil. 1964 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 25 342 The anxious ecclesiastical authorities could think of but one cause as relevant to all this disorder, this bad Faith, significantly labelled ‘maleficium’, the power of the Evil one himself. 1980 Notes & Queries Apr. 151/1 The implication of the plea of maleficium in the divorce proceedings was that Essex had been bewitched by some unknown external agency. 1991 Shakespeare Q. 42 328 The witches plot to cause the magical kinds of harm to others conventionally associated with witches' maleficium: interference with livestock, weather, and male sexuality. b. A potion or poison, used esp. in witchcraft. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [noun] > occult medicine medicinec1395 amulet1718 amuletic1753 muti1860 maleficium1965 1965 J. T. Noonan Contraception 156 Pseudo-Bede asks: ‘Have you drunk any maleficium [L. bibisti ullum maleficium], that is, herbs or other agents so that you could not have children?’ (Pseudo-Bede, ‘The Order for Giving Penance,’ 30). In this sentence maleficium is not the sterilizing magical act, but the sterilizing magical potion. 1996 Nature 31 Oct. 782/2 Insidious anti-heroines worm their way into the homes of respectable America and then, witch-like, callously fill them with maleficium, poisoning family relations and even the dessert. 2. Civil Law. An act of wrongdoing which causes harm, injury, or loss to another party; the result of such an act. ΚΠ 1778 Monthly Rev. 59 App. 504 Scelus, an enormous crime... Maleficium, is applied in general to every bad action.] 1805 Argument Hon. W. Smith on Case of Hon. Mr. Justice Johnson 30 I therefore proceed with the less scruple to observe..that libel being maleficium, he who is guilty of it is malefactor. 1830 R. Peters Rep. Supreme Court U.S. 3 231 ‘Barratry must be some breach of trust in the master ex maleficio’, in which, I presume, maleficium must mean some wilful and injurious act. 1944 All Eng. Law Rep. 1 658 Assuming the section to be one of a penal nature, a lex poenalis, it is a little odd to find it applied in cases where there is neither delictum nor maleficium. 1969 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. Oct. 200 Massachusetts law developed the concept, as did English law, that, while witchcraft itself might be punishable, condemnation ordinarily occurred only if maleficium—a harmful act—was perceived. 1992 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 May 42/1 Witchcraft without a proven element of maleficium seems to have been regarded as harmless. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1613
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