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ma·lef·ic  audio  (m-lfk) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Having or exerting a malignant influence.
  2. Evil; malicious.

ETYMOLOGY:
Latin maleficus : male, ill; see mel-3 in Indo-European roots + -ficus, -fic


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