Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Guile; deceit; fraud.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Evil machination; guile; deceit.
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- noun archaic Evil
intent , bad intention;fraud ,deceit .
Etymologies
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From Anglo-Norman mal engin, Middle French mal engin, from mal ("bad, evil") + engin ("engine").
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