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malicious (1155)

malicious (1155)

malicieus,  maliciois,  malicios,  malicius,  maliçous;  malisiouce,  malisious;  malitious,  malitius  (malcios  Anc Test (A) 12400)  
  FEW:  malitiosus 6/i,113a Gdf: GdfC:  malicios 10,112a TL: malicïos 5,992 DEAF:  malicios  DMF:  malicieux  TLF:  malicieux  OED:  malicious a. and n.  MED:  malicious a.  DMLBS:  malitiosus 1695a

a.

1malicious, with evil intent
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  A Rome ert a cel jur Maxenz Emperere mult orguillus, Mult fel e mult malicius  Brut WACE 5694
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  toz les envius ke sunt malicius  Ancren2 41.12
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1 )  Meis Jhesu pur li dunc parla, E aliurs sovent plus ke la, E vers Simon le leprus E vers Judas malitius  boz Three Saints 6.84
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  ala a les Escottes qe furount lé pluis malicious et grevous gentz de la marche d’Escoce  Anon Chr1 125
lawmalicious, with intent to harm
( 1311 )  les justices qi atteignent tieux malices et qi amercient les malisiouses pleyntifs  Stats i 160
( 1397 )  les avantditz duc, [...] continuantz lour malicious, faux, et traiterous purpos  Rot Parl1 iii 376
2vile, causing harm
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  derechief tempree avoiques eiwe clere et avoiques un poi de vinaigre, car la premiere eiwe est trop malisiouse, et li vins aigres  Waterford busby 268.S70.31
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  une maliciouse boire qe lui purprist la cervelle  TREVET Cron1 211.10
med.malignant
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  E ceste (=disease) est meins maliciose  A-N Med i 68
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  cathalemptie ke est de chaud sanc e malicious […] deit estre curé par freide choses  A-N Med ii 143

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See also:

mal1  malice  maliciousement 
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