Mal

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  1. Bible Malachi
  2. Malay
  3. Malayan
  4. Malaysia
  5. Malaysian

bad or badly, wrong, ill: maladroit

Origin: Fr < L male- < male, badly, malus, bad, evil

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abbreviation
  1. Bible Malachi
  2. a. Malawi
    b. Malawian
  3. a. Malaysia
    b. Malaysian

prefix
  1. Bad; badly: maladminister.
  2. Abnormal; abnormally: malformation.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin

Origin: , from male, badly,

Origin: and malus, bad; see mel-3 in Indo-European roots

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