malign
English
/məˈlaɪn/
adj
Definitions
- Evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.
- Malevolent.
- (oncology) Malignant.
Etymology
Derived from Old French maligne derived from Latin malignus (malignant).
Origin
Latin
malignus
Gloss
malignant
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hematomalignancy English
- lymphomalignancy English
- malignancy English
- malignant English
- maligner English
- malignify English
- malignly English
- malignment English
- nonmalignancy English
- premalignancy English
- pseudomalignancy English
- unmalign English
- malignisoitua Finnish
- malignistua Finnish
- malignoitua Finnish
- genus Latin
- malignus Latin
- malus Latin
- malignamente Italian
- maligno Italian
- malignoso Italian
- Malin French
- malignement French
- malin French
- maligno Spanish, Castilian
- malign Norwegian Bokmål
- malign Norwegian Nynorsk
- maligne Old French
- maligne Catalan, Valencian
- ma-lanh Vietnamese
- maling Middle French
- maligno Old Portuguese
- malignu Sicilian