What does "malignance" mean?
Malignance: Unfavorableness; evil nature. The malignancy of my fate might perhaps distemner yours. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.(Med.) Virulence; tendency to a fatal issue; as, the malignancy of an ulcer or of a fever.
- 3.The state of being a malignant. See Malice.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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