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maledicent, a. and n. Now rare.|mælɪˈdaɪsənt|
Also 7 erron. -dicant.
[ad. L. maledīcentem, pr. pple. of maledīcĕre to speak evil of, orig. two words, male ill + dīcĕre to speak, say.]
A. adj. Given to evil-speaking. Also, of utterances: Of the nature of evil-speaking, slanderous.
1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 93 Possessed with..so furious, so maledicent, and so slovenly spirits. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. §16. 284 You can boldly insert into her Verses, Many, and those Maledicent things of your own. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. vii. x, The maledicent Bodyguard, getting..better malediction than he gave. 1846Hare Mission Comf. Pref. (1850) 12 Ignorance..when it is maledicent, is sure to find a credulous auditory.
B. n. One who speaks evil of another.
1657M. Hawke Killing is M. Pref. 1 Tiberius..who otherwise was merciful to Male-dicants. |