🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

malizia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: malitsia

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Malice/ˈmæl.ɪs/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La sua malizia era chiara."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The intention or desire to do evil or cause harm to others.

    "His malice was evident in the way he plotted against his rivals."
  2. 2

    A desire to inflict injury or harm on another.

    "The malice behind her words was unmistakable."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'malitia', meaning ill will, spite, or malice, originating from 'malus' (bad or evil). It entered the English language during the Middle English period via Old French in the 13th century, retaining its core legal and ethical sense of intentional wrongdoing.

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