English
malitious
Malitious comes from Latin malitiōsus ‘malicious, wicked’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalitiōsus‘malicious, wicked’
- Englishearliest quotation 1681malitious
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalitiōsus‘malicious, wicked’
- Englishearliest quotation 1681malitious
Earliest quotation: 1681, John Dryden, To the Reader: “And novv, if you are a Malitious Reader, I…”
Linked words
through Latin malitiōsus ‘malicious, wicked’
Today it means
adj —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin malitiōsus / malitious