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maliferous, a.|məˈlɪfərəs|
[f. L. mal-us bad: see -ferous.]
Bringing, or producing evil; unwholesome, insalubrious.
1727Bailey vol. II, Maliferous. 1860Russell Diary India I. 72 That gallant, fine-hearted soldier who..fell a victim to the maliferous climate of China. 1890A. F. Baillie Kurrachee vii. 116 He is gazetted to another appointment..in some other District, where the climate is maliferous, and life is a misery. 1894Ten Yrs.' Work Outcast London (Lond. Congreg. Union pamphlet) 44 Poor children..being fortified against the maliferous influences in the midst of which they have to live. |