Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MAL'ICE
MAL'ICE, a.
- Harboring ill will or enmity without provocation; malevolent in the extreme; malignant in heart. I grant him bloody, / Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin / That has a name. Shak.
- Proceeding from extreme hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious report.
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