[məˈlɪɡnənt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- evil in nature or effect; malevolent
(e.g: in the hands of malignant fate)

- (of a disease) very virulent or infectious


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Origin:
mid 16th century (also in the sense ‘likely to rebel against God or authority’): from late Latin malignant- ‘contriving maliciously’, from the verb malignare. The term was used in its early sense to describe Royalist sympathizers during the English Civil War