• MAKIN
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a fool, a simpleton
• MAKING
adj. 1434 obs. – money-making, prosperous
n. 1. 1773 Sc. – of tea: the quantity or amount made at one time
n. 2. 1876 Eng. dial. – everything, the whole lot
n. 3. Bk1905 Sc. – a petting, fondling, caressing
• MAKING-AS-IF
n. 1813 nonce word – pretense, make-believe
• MAKING CRUTCHES FOR LAME DUCKS
phr. 2007 Amer. dial. – an answer to ‘what are you doing?’
• MAKINGS
n. 1. 1837 colloq. – earnings, profits
n. 2. 1866 Eng. dial. – opportunities; chances; openings
n. 3. 1895 Eng. dial. – anything of importance or consequence
n. 4. 1905 Amer. dial. – loose tobacco and paper for hand-rolled cigarettes
• MAKIN’S
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – tobacco for a cigarette
• MAKINT
adj. 1808 Sc. – confident, assured, bold, brazen
• MAKINTLY
adv. 1903 Sc. – with ease, confidence, and assurance
• MAKO
adj. 20C W. Indies sl. – inquisitive, gossipy, meddlesome
n. 1. 20C W. Indies sl. – a fool, an idiot
n. 2. 20C W. Indies sl. – a gossip, a busybody
n. 3. 20C W. Indies sl. – a peeping Tom
n. 4. 20C W. Indies sl. – an effeminate man
vb. 1. 20C W. Indies sl. – to act as a voyeur
vb. 2. 20C W. Indies sl. – to gossip scandalously
vb. 3. 20C W. Indies sl. – to interfere in other people’s affairs
• MAKOOLA
n. 1882 Amer. dial. – home-brewed beer or liquor
• MAKRELTY
n. 1495 obs. – brokerage
• MAL
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to shout, to scream
• MALACE
n. 1623 obs. rare – a calm at sea
• MALACISSANT
adj. 1638 obs. rare – softening
• MALACISSATION
n. 1638 obs. rare – the act of making soft or supple
• MALACOPHONOUS
adj. Bk1910 – having a gentle voice; soft-voiced
• MALACOUTER
vb. c1910 Sc. – to beat, to thrash, to punish
• MALADIF
adj. 1886 – sickly; delicate
• MALADDRESS
n. 1804 – want of dexterity or tact; awkwardness
• MALADDY
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – said of one who is intoxicated and cutting capers
• MALADE
n. 1483 obs. – a sick person; an invalid
• MALADERIE
n. 1461 obs. exc. Hist. – a hospital, esp. for lepers
• MALADIOUS
adj. 1607 obs. – affected with sickness, sickly
• MALADIVE
adj. 1481 rare – affected with sickness, sickly
• MALADIZE
vb. 1790 obs. rare – to affect with a malady
• MALADROIT
adj. 1685 – wanting in adroitness or dexterity; awkward, bungling, clumsy
• MALADVENTURE
n. c1470 obs. – a lawless proceeding; an escapade; an unlucky undertaking; a misadventure
• MALADY OF FRANCE
n. 16C – syphilis
• MALAFEE
n. 1923 Amer. dial. – whisky
• MALAFOOSTER
vb. 1950 Sc. – to destroy, to wreck, to ruin
• MALAGAROUSE
vb. 1. 1894 Sc. – to dishevel, to disarrange, to knock about; to spoil
vb. 2. 1924 Sc. – to injure or hurt, to punish with physical violence
• MALAGARUZE
vb. 1894 Sc. – to dishevel, to disarrange, to knock about; to spoil
• MALAGASH
adj. 1793 – pert. to Madagascar
n. 1711 – a native of Madagascar
• MALAGASY
adj. 1835 – pert. to Madagascar, its inhabitants, language, etc.
n. 1. 1835 – the language of Madagascar
n. 2. 1839 – a native of Madagascar
• MALAGROOSE
vb. 1924 Sc. – to injure or hurt, to punish with physical violence
• MALAGRUGOROUS
adj. 1818 jocular usage – dismal, lugubrious
• MALAGRUGROUS
adj. 1819 Sc. obs. – grim, forbidding; gloomy, dismal, melancholy
• MALAGRUGROUSLY
adv. 1818 Sc. – grimly, gloomily
• MALAGRUIZE
n. 1916 Sc. – a hunt, an injury, a drubbing
vb. 1. 1894 Sc. – to dishevel, to disarrange, to knock about; to spoil
vb. 2. 1924 Sc. – to injure or hurt, to punish with physical violence
• MALAGRUIZED; MALAGRUZED
adj. 1864 Sc. – in disorder, rumpled
• MALAHACK
vb. 1. a1825 Eng. & Amer. dial. – to cut or carve in a slovenly, awkward way
vb. 2. 1901 Amer. dial. – to act boisterously; to rough-house
vb. 3. 1901 Amer. dial. – to injure, to beat, to maltreat
vb. 4. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – of a horse or donkey: to become disabled or worn out by hard work
• MALAKY
n. 1929 sl., orig. US – insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense
• MALANDRYN
n. 1460 obs. rare – a highwayman; a robber
• MALAPAVIS
n. 1825 Sc. – a mischance; a misfortune
• MALAPEN
vb. 1861 Sc. – to hurt, to harm
• MALAPERT
adj. c1420 obs. exc. arch. – presumptuous, impudent, saucy; bold or forward from lack of proper respect or modesty
n. 1622 obs. exc. arch. – a presumptuous, impudent, pert, or saucy person
• MALAPERTNESS
n. 1430-40 obs. exc. arch. – the quality of being presumptuous; impudence, sauciness
• MALAPPROPRIATE
adj. Bk1910 – inappropriate
• MALAPROP
adj. 1840 – given to ludicrous misuse of words
n. 1823 – ludicrous misuse of words
• MALAPROPIAN
adj. 1860 – given to ludicrous misuse of words
• MALAPROPISM
n. 1849 – ludicrous misuse of words; an instance of this
• MALAPROPOISM
n. 1834 nonce word – ludicrous misuse of words
• MALARKEY; MALARKY
n. 1. 1929 sl., orig. US – insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense
n. 2. 1946 Amer. sl. – a dolt
• MALAVOGUE
vb. 1843 Ireland & Eng. dial. – to punish in some dire but undefined way; to beat, to chastise
• MALAVOGUEING
n. 1848 Eng. dial. – a beating
• MALAWU
n. 1949 Amer. dial. – whisky
• MALCHANCE
n. 1911 Sc. – mischance
• MALCOLM FRASER
n. 1960s Aust. rhyming sl. – a razor
• MALCOLM X
n. 1995 Brit. drug culture sl. – a tablet of MDMA
• MALCONTENT
adj. 1586 – discontented, dissatisfied; inclined to rebellion or mutiny; restless and disaffected
n. 1. 1581 – a discontented or dissatisfied person
n. 2. 1591 obs. – the state of being discontented
• MALCONTENTED
adj. c1586 obs. – discontented, dissatisfied
• MALDISANT
n. 1598 obs. – an evil speaker, a slanderer, a backbiter
• MALE
n. 1. a1400 obs. – an apple, an apple tree
n. 2. 1851 Eng. dial. – the common dandelion, Leontodon Taraxacum
n. 3. Bk1905 Sc. – five hundred herrings
n. 4. 20C US euphemism – a bull, a boar, a stallion
vb. 1938 Hawaii – to marry
• MALEASE
n. 1. a1300 obs. – absence of ease; uneasiness, discomfort; inconvenience, annoyance; disquiet; distress, trouble
n. 2. a1300 obs. – disease, sickness
• MALE AUNT
n. 1821 – an uncle
• MALE BAWD
n. 1607 – a pander
• MALE BEAST
n. 1890 Amer. euphemism – a male domestic animal used for breeding, esp. a bull
• MALE BEAVER
n. 1969 US sl. – naked male genitals
• MALEBOUCHE
n. 1390 obs. – evil speaking personified
• MALE BRUTE
n. 20C US rural euphemism – a bull or a stallion
• MALEDDY
adj. 1923 Sc. – in high spirits, boisterous, elated
• MALEDICENCY
n. 1653 obs. rare – the practice or habit of speaking evil
• MALEDICENT
adj. 1599 rare – given to evil-speaking; slanderous
n. 1657 rare – one who speaks evil of another; a slanderer
• MALEDICT
adj. 1867 arch. – accursed
n. a1550 arch. – an accursed person
vb. 1780 – to curse, to execrate
• MALEDICTED
adj. 1727 – accursed; evil-spoken of
• MALEDICTION
n. 1. 1447 – the utterance of a curse; the condition of being under a ban or curse
n. 2. 1526 – a reviling, slander
• MALEDICTORY
adj. 1822 – of the nature of a malediction or cursing
• MALEDIGHT
adj. a1300 obs. – cursed, accursed
vb. a1300 obs. – to curse
• MALEFACT
n. 1534 obs. – a criminal act; an offense; evil-doing
• MALEFACTION
n. 1602 – evil-doing; an instance of evil-doing; a criminal act
• MALEFACTIOUS
adj. 1660 obs. – wicked, criminal
• MALEFACTORY
adj. 1871 rare – evil-doing; criminal
• MALEFACTRESS
n. 1647 – a female felon or criminal; an evil-doer
• MALEFACTURE
n. 1635 obs. – evil-doing; an instance of evil-doing
• MALEFIC
adj. 1652 – productive of disaster or evil
n. 1652 obs. – a malign wizard
• MALEFICAL
adj. 1615 obs. – productive of disaster or evil
• MALEFICATE
vb. 1827 rare – to bewitch
• MALEFICE
n. 1. c1374 arch. – a bad action; the act or effect of witchcraft; a wicked enchantment; sorcery
n. 2. c1374 arch. – an evil deed; mischief
• MALEFICENCE
n. 1. 1598 – evil-doing
n. 2. 1796 – harmfulness
• MALEFICENT
adj. 1. 1678 – of things and spiritual agencies: working harm, hurtful, malefic
adj. 2. 1760 – of persons, their acts and dispositions: wrong-doing, criminal
• MALEFICIAL
adj. 1601 obs. – maleficent; harmful
• MALEFICIATE
adj. a1613 obs. – bewitched; spec., rendered impotent by spells
vb. 1621 obs. – to bewitch; to affect with enchantments; to render impotent by spells; to do evil to; to hurt; to harm
• MALEFICIATION
n. 1649 obs. – the act of bewitching
• MALEFICIOUS
adj. 1684 obs. rare – of the nature of witchcraft
• MALE-FIDIAN
n. 1659 nonce word obs. – a misbeliever
• MALE FORTUNE
n. 1470-85 obs. – misfortune
• MALEGERENT
adj. 1727 obs. rare – ill-behaving, unthrifty, improvident
• MALEGROBOLOUS
adj. 1819 Sc. obs. – grim, forbidding; gloomy, dismal, melancholy
• MALEGRUGROUS
adj. 1742 Sc. – grim, ghastly; discontented-looking
• MALEHOUSE
n. 1963 US sl. – a homosexual brothel
• MALE JOURNEY
n. 1455 obs. – an unfortunate battle
• MALENGIN
n. 1390 obs. – evil machination; ill-intent; fraud, deceit, guile
• MALEOLENT
adj. 1657 obs. rare – having an ill smell
• MALESHAG
n. 1777 Eng. dial. – a caterpillar that devours cabbages
• MALESUETE
adj. 1727 obs. rare – that has contracted an ill habit or custom
• MALETOLT
n. 1514 Law obs. – an unjust or burdensome tax
• MALE TWIGS
n. 1979 US sl. – low quality marijuana
• MALEURED
adj. a1529 obs. – ill-fortuned
• MALEUROUS
adj. 1471 obs. – unhappy, unfortunate, wretched
• MALEURTEE
n. 1471 obs. – misfortune
• MALEVOLENCY
n. a1662 obs. – ill-will; the wishing evil to others
• MALEVOLO
n. 1648 obs. rare – a malevolent or malicious person
• MALEVOLOUS
adj. 1536 obs. – malevolent; desirous of evil to others; disposed to ill will
• THE MALE WRINGS
phr. c1430 obs. – something is wrong, there is a state of hardship
• MALFEASANCE
n. 1856 rare – wrongdoing; an instance of this
• MALFEASANT
adj. 1809 – evil-doing
n. 1882 – an evil-doer; a criminal
• MALFEASOR
n. c1330 obs. – an evil-doer; a malefactor
• MALFETOUR
n. c1450 obs. – a malefactor; a criminal; an evil-doer
• MALFUNCTION JUNCTION
n. 1975 Amer. sl. – an area characterized by exasperating and confused activity; a bewildering or heavily congested highway intersection; a traffic jam
• MALGOVERNANCE
n. 1673 obs. rare – bad government
• MALGRACE
n. 1. c1425 obs. – ill grace; ill favour; disfavour
n. 2. 1882 arch. – something of ill grace or ill favour; something unbecoming
• MALGRACIOUS
adj. 1390 obs. rare – ill-favoured, uncomely; ungracious, disobliging
• MALHAVELINS
n. 1865 sl. – small matters, bits and pieces; odds and ends; articles supplementary to the ordinary fare; typically used of food or small change
• MALHEUR
n. 1471 obs. – misfortune
• MALICEFUL
adj. 1. 1839 Eng. dial. – malicious
adj. 2. Bk1905 Sc. – sickly; in bad health
• MALIFEROUS
adj. 1727 – bringing or producing evil or harm; hurtful, unwholesome, unhealthy, insalubrious
• MALIFICE
n. 1721 Sc. obs. – a bad action; the act or effect of witchcraft
• MALIGNATION
n. 1. c1470 obs. – feeling of dislike or ill-will
n. 2. 1836 rare – the act of maligning or slandering
• MALIGNE
n. a1460 obs. – malice, wickedness
• MALIGNIFY
vb. 1613 rare – to render malign
• MALIGNIOUS
adj. 1578 obs. rare – of malicious speech
• MALIGNOUS
adj. 1610 obs. rare – malignant
• MALIHINI
adj. 20C Hawaii – strange, uncharacteristic
n. 1914 Hawaii – a stranger, a newcomer; a visitor, a tourist
• MAL-INFORTUNED
adj. 1475 obs. – ill-fortuned
• MALINGERY
n. 1847 – a malingering
• MAL-INTENTIONEE
n. a1734 obs. – an evil-intentioned person
• MALISON
n. 1. a1300 arch. & Eng. dial. – a curse, malediction
n. 2. c1375 obs. – the state or condition of being cursed
n. 3. 1898 Sc. – the personification of evil; the Evil One
n. 4. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a person who is cruel to animals
n. 5. 1920 Sc. – a mischievous child
vb. 1588 Sc. obs. – to curse; to pronounce a malediction upon
• MALISM
n. 1883 – the doctrine that this world is an evil one
• MALIST
n. 1882 – one who holds the doctrine that this world is an evil one
• MALKIN
n. 1. c1275 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – used as a female personal name; typically applied to a woman of the lower classes
n. 2. a1400 obs. – a mop; a bundle of rags fastened to the end of a stick, esp. that used to clean out a baker’s oven
n. 3. 1468 obs. – an effeminate man
n. 4. 1586 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – an untidy female, esp. a servant or country wench; a slut, a slattern; occasionally, a lewd woman
n. 5. 1633 Eng. dial. obs. – a scarecrow; a ragged puppet or grotesque effigy; a ‘guy’
n. 6. 1673 Eng. dial. – a cat
n. 7. 1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – a hare
n. 8. 1873 Sc. – a showily or eccentrically dressed person; a term of abuse or contempt for anyone
• MALKY
n. 1. 1973 Sc. sl. – a safety razor used as a weapon; hence, an improvised weapon, such as a broken bottle, etc.
n. 2. 1973 Sc. sl. – a cut given from a razor as an act of violence; a blow; a beating
vb. 1985 Sc. sl. – to attack and cut someone with a razor; to stab
• MALL
n. 1. 1947 Amer. dial. – a highway median strip
n. 2. 1967 Amer. dial. – in a town: the strip of grass and trees between the sidewalk and the curb
• MALLACHIE
adj. 1808 Sc. – of the colour of milk and water mixed
n. Bk1905 Sc. – the colour of milk and water mixed together
• MALLAGRUGOUS
adj. 1742 Sc. – grim, ghastly; discontented-looking
• MALLARD
n. 1985 US sl. – a $100 note
• MALLARKEY
n. 1924 Amer. sl. – nonsense
• MALL CRAWL
n. 1996 US sl. – an outing to a shopping centre, slowly moving from shop to shop
• MALL CRAWLER
n. 1993 US sl. – a person who spends their spare time at shopping centres
• MALLEATE
vb. 1597 rare – to beat with a hammer; to beat metal thin or flat
• MALLEE
n. 1759 Anglo-Indian – one of the gardener caste in India; hence, any native gardener
• MALLEE ROOT
n. Bk1999 Aust. rhyming sl. – a prostitute
• MALLEMAROKING
n. 1867 nautical usage – the visiting and carousing of seamen in the Greenland ships
• MALLERAG
vb. B1900 Eng. dial. – to abuse, to scold
• MALLET
n. 1. 1525 obs. – someone or something that beats down or crushes
n. 2. 1612 obs. rare – a little bag or portmanteau
n. 3. 1821 sl. – the fist
vb. 1. 1594 obs. exc. arch. – to beat, to hammer
vb. 2. 1982 Brit. sl. – to smash; to defeat
• MALLETHEAD
n. 1954 US sl. – a fool, a stupid person, a numbskull
• MALLEY
n. Bk1892 Anglo-Indian sl. – a gardener
• MALLEYSHAG
n. 1777 Eng. dial. – a caterpillar that devours cabbages
• MALLIE
n. 1. 1759 Anglo-Indian – one of the gardener caste in India; hence, any native gardener
n. 2. 1985 Amer. sl. – a person, esp. a teenager, who hangs a round a public shopping mall
• MALLIFUFF
adj. 1827 Sc. – silly, paltry, incapable of energetic action, feckless
n. 1808 Sc. – an ineffectual, fussy woman who lacks energy to get things done
• MALLING
n. 1. 1874 Eng. dial. – a beating
n. 2. 1989 US sl. – the practice of spending hours at a shopping centre, socializing with other young people
• MALLISFUL
adj. 1839 Eng. dial. – malicious
• MALLISHAG
n. 1777 Eng. dial. – a caterpillar that devours cabbages
• MALL MADONNA
n. 1982 US sl. – a girl who spends a lot of time at a shopping centre
• MALLOCK
n. 1889 Eng. dial. – a pig
vb. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to mix together
vb. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to scandalize
• MALL RAT
n. 1982 Amer. sl. – a person, esp. a teenager, who hangs a round a public shopping mall
• MALLS
n. 1746 Eng. dial. – the measles
• MALLY
adj. 1592 obs. – foolishly fond
int. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – indeed!
n. 1. 1846 Sc. – a hare
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a female ass
n. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a man who interferes with woman’s work
• MALLYGRUGGLE
vb. 1919 Sc. – to spoil or crush
• MALLYHACK
vb. 1. 1953 Amer. dial. – to cut or chop rudely or roughly
vb. 2. 1953 Amer. dial. – to injure, to beat, to maltreat
• MALLY-MOP
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a dirty wench
• MALLY-MUCK-HEAP
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a confused heap
• MALLY-WALLOPS
n. 1892 Eng. dial. – a tall, untidy woman
• MALM
adj. 1691 Eng. dial. – mellow, soft
vb. 1641 Eng. dial. – to become soft
• MALMANAGEMENT
n. 1675 chiefly Sc., obs. – mismanagement
• MALMSEY-FACE
n. 1611 – a face inflamed by drink
• MALMSEY NOSE
n. L17 sl. – a heavily acned nose; the assumption being that the acned nose is the result of drinking too much ‘malmsey’ wine
• MALMY
adj. 1. 1677 Eng. dial. – of weather: warm and damp
adj. 2. 1843 Sc. & Eng. dial. – of fruit: mellow, soft, juiceless; of food generally: vapid, tasteless
• MALODOROUS
adj. 1850 – evil-smelling
• MALODOUR
n. 1825 – an evil smell; a stench
• MALOLLY
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – nonsense, bunk
• MALOLLYPOP
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – nonsense, bunk
• MAL-OMINOUS
adj. 1612 obs. – of evil omen
• MALONEY
n. 1979 Amer. sl. – nonsense
• MALOROUS
adj. 1876 Sc. – evil; unfortunate; malicious
• MALPLEASANT
adj. c1532 obs. – unpleasant, disagreeable
• MALPOSED
adj. 1900 – wrongly placed
• MALPROPRIETY
n. 1888 – want of proper condition; disorderliness
• MALSHAVE
n. 1592 obs. – a caterpillar
• MALSHRAG
n. 1398 obs. – a caterpillar
• MALT
n. 1. 1718 colloq. – malt liquor
n. 2. L19 sl. – a Maltese
n. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – sweat; great heat
vb. 1813 – to drink malt liquor
• THE MALT ABOVE THE MEAL
n. 1801 Sc. – a slight stage of intoxication
• MALTALENT
adj. a1578 obs. – ill-tempered
n. c1320 obs. – ill-will, malevolence
• MALTALENTIVE
adj. c1450 obs. rare – malevolent
• MALT AND MEAL
n. 1861 Sc. – food and drink
• MALT-BREE
n. 1785 Sc. – any liquor made with malt
• MALT-BUG
n. 1577 obs. – one who loves malt liquor; a toper; a lover of beer
• MALT COVE
n. 19C sl. – a beer drinker
• MALTED
adj. 1. 19C sl. – drunk, tipsy
adj. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – perspiring; heated
• MALTEE
n. 1907 Amer. dial. – a Maltese cat
• MALTEN-HEARTED
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs. – faint-hearted
• MALTER
vb. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to depart quickly
vb. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to melt, to dissolve, to become pulverized
• MALTESER
n. 1950s sl. – a Maltese
• MALTESIAN
n. 1656 obs. – an inhabitant of Malta
• MALT-HORSE
n. 1. 1561 obs. – a strong, heavy kind of horse used by maltsters
n. 2. 1590 obs. – a term of reproach or abuse for a dull, stupid fellow; a dolt
n. 3. 1593 sl. – a tippler
• MALTHING
n. 1892 Eng. dial. – stockings without feet
• MALT-INSPIRED
adj. 1838 Eng. dial. – inspired by drink
• THE MALT IS ABOVE THE BEIR
phr. 1670 obs – said of a person under the influence of drink
• THE MALT IS ABOVE THE MEAL
phr. 1721 – said of a person under the influence of drink
• THE MALT IS ABOVE THE WATER
phr. 1678 obs. – said of a person under the influence of drink
• THE MALT IS ABOVE WHEAT
phr. 1546 obs. – said of a person under the influence of drink
• MALTOOLING
n. 1851 – the practice of picking pockets in omnibuses
• MALTOOT
n. L18 sl. – a marine
• MALTOUT
n. 1785 sl. obs. – a nickname for a marine, used by sailors and soldiers of other corps
• MALT PIE
n. 1600 jocular usage, obs. – drink, liquor
• MALTSCALE
n. 1856 Eng. dial. – the common green caterpillar
• MALTSHAG
n. 1777 Eng. dial. – a caterpillar that devours cabbages
• MALTWORM
n. c1550 – a lover of malted liquors; a beer drinker, a drunkard, a tippler
• MALTY
adj. 1819 sl. – drunk
• MALTY COVE
n. 19C sl. – a beer drinker
• MALUNGEON
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – one of a race of people in southwestern Virginia and eastern Kentucky and Tennessee said to have partly Indian blood
• MALVADER
vb. 1824 Sc. – to stun with a blow, to daze, to injure
• MALVADERING
n. 1821 Sc. – a fight with the fists, a beating
• MALVERISH
adj. 1880 Sc. – badly behaved, mischievous, bad-mannered
• MALVERSATION
n. 1. 1549 – corrupt behaviour in an office, commission, employment, or position of trust; an instance of this
n. 2. 1752 obs. rare – evil conduct
• MALVERSE
adj. 1791 Sc. obs. – dishonest, criminal
n. 1. c1700 Sc. obs. – a crime
n. 2. 1703 Sc. obs. – a breach of trust, an act of duplicity, grave misconduct
vb. 1. 1671 obs. rare – to act corruptly in a position of trust
vb. 2. 1709-31 Sc. obs. – to do wrong; to give an erroneous judgement
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