malefactive
malefactive · malefactives
A term or sentence element that serves a malefactive role or that is inflected for the…A term or sentence element that serves a malefactive role or that is inflected for the malefactive case.
Meaning
1 sensesA term or sentence element that serves a malefactive role or that is inflected for the malefactive case.
Origin
Parallel in formation with both malefactor and maleficent (which see). By surface analysisParallel in formation with both malefactor and maleficent (which see). By surface analysis, Latin malefact(us) + -ive.
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Forms
plural: malefactives| Singular | malefactive |
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Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsSee also
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