Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In the Fiji Islands, Hawaii, and other parts of Polynesia, the paper-mulberry, Papyrius papyrifera.
  • noun A cloth or girdle made from the fiber of the paper-mulberry. See Broussonetia, kapa, tapa, aute, and wauke.

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  • noun informal malolactic fermentation

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Examples

  • Ma Alla stazione di XX miglia sono stato cacciato in malo modo perchè venendo dalla Francia avevo voglia di un cappuccino come si deve, e lì me lo hanno servito che taboccava, con la schiuma che cadeva da tutte le parle, quando mi sono lamentato mi hanno cacciato; in un ristorante (d’estate) sul lungomare, i camerieri mi hanno ignorato del tutto, quando mi sono manifestato mi hanno quasi buttato fuori.

    Global Voices in English » Japan: Reactions to the Japanese tourist rip-off in Italy 2009

  • The seventh petition is: Sed libera nos a malo, that is as much for to say: Deliver us from all evil that letteth us for to love thee.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900

  • And my brain only has enough room to remember some of the stuff I learned in college, grad school, and for work ... so my spanish will be muy malo.

    Monterrey Help Please 2009

  • And my brain only has enough room to remember some of the stuff I learned in college, grad school, and for work ... so my spanish will be muy malo.

    Monterrey Help Please 2009

  • A flashy development of the original is “Malo malo malo malo malo malo malo, quam dente vento occurrere,” which means approximately “I would rather meet with a bad apple, with a bad tooth, than a bad mast with [i.e. in] a bad wind.”

    Archive 2009-08-01 2009

  • And my brain only has enough room to remember some of the stuff I learned in college, grad school, and for work ... so my spanish will be muy malo.

    Monterrey Help Please 2009

  • The final blend is 60% viognier and 40% chardonnay (both lots of fruit sourced from Martha Clara Vineyards), all fermented in stainless steel without any malo-lactic fermentation.

    The New York Cork Report: 2009

  • If I begin a conversation with any Mexican by apologizing for my bad Spanish (disculpa mi Español es malo) most Mexicans become very helpful, they really appreciate it when an expatriate will at least try to speak their language.

    Developing An Ear for Spanish 2009

  • To that end, this wine is fermented entirely in stainless steel and malo-lactic fermentation was strictly avoided.

    The New York Cork Report: 2009

  • And my brain only has enough room to remember some of the stuff I learned in college, grad school, and for work ... so my spanish will be muy malo.

    Monterrey Help Please 2009

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  • Loincloth worn by traditional male dancers in Hawaii.

    February 19, 2008