—adj.
1 (of a thing) injurious.
2 (of a disease) malignant.
3 malevolent.
—v.tr. speak ill of; slander.
Derivatives:
maligner n. malignity n. (pl. -ies). malignly adv.
Etymology: ME f. OF malin maligne, malignier f. LL malignare contrive maliciously f. L malignus f. malus bad: cf. BENIGN
Useful english dictionary. 2012.