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mal-enUK
mal-(word root) bad, evilExamples of words with the root mal-: malfunction, malcontentmal-pref.1. Bad; badly: maladminister.2. Abnormal; abnormally: malformation.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, from male, badly, and malus, bad; see mel- in Indo-European roots.]mal- combining form bad or badly; wrong or wrongly; imperfect or defective: maladjusted; malfunction. [Old French, from Latin malus bad, male badly]mal- a combining form meaning “bad,” “wrongful,” “ill,” occurring orig. in loanwords from French (maladroit); on this model, used in the formation of other words (malcontent; malfunction). Compare male-. [< Old French, representing mal adv. (< Latin male badly) and adj. (< Latin malus bad)] Mal. Malachi. mal-enUK
mal-[mal] (science and technology) A combining form meaning bad, wrong, irregular, abnormal, inadequate. mal-enUK
mal- (mal), Ill, bad; opposite of eu-. Compare: dys-, caco-. [L. malus, bad] mal- Prefix meaning ill, bad; opposite of eu-.
Compare: dys-, caco-[L. malus, bad]mal- Combining form denoting disease, bad, abnormal or defective. |