Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective With or in bad faith.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun With bad faith; deceitfully; treacherously: opposed to bona fide.
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- adverb law in bad faith
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin malā fidē : malā, feminine ablative of malus, bad + fidē, ablative of fidēs, faith.]
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From Latin. The word mala, which is the ablative feminine of the word malus (meaning "bad") + fide, the ablative of fides meaning "faith". Literally meaning "in bad faith".
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