m 3 a 1 l 1 i 1 c 3 i 1 o 1 u 1 s 1
9 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective having the nature of or resulting from malice; ; - Rudyard Kipling
originFrom Middle English malicious, from Old French malicios, from Latin malitiōsus, from malitia (“malice”), from malus (“bad”). Displaced native Middle English ivelwilled and ivelwilly (“malicious”), related to Old English yfelwillende (literally “evil-willing”). By surface analysis, malice + -ious.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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