Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MA-LIG'NI-TY
MA-LIG'NI-TY, n. [L. malignitas.]
- Extreme enmity, or evil dispositions of heart toward another; malice without provocation, or malevolence with baseness of heart; deep rooted spite.
- Virulence; destructive tendency; as, the malignity of an ulcer or disease.
- Extreme evilness of nature; as, the malignity of fraud.
- Extreme sinfulness; enormity or hainousness; as, the malignity of sin.
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