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malefacture

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
male-fac-ture
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An act of doing evil; a criminal act; malefaction, maleficence.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin malefactūrus, future active participle of malefaciō (“to do evil or harm, to injure”) + -ure (noun-forming suffix).

Usage

Inflected Forms

malefactures (plural)

Antonyms

benefacture

Questions

What does malefacture mean?
An act of doing evil; a criminal act; malefaction, maleficence.
Where does malefacture come from?
Borrowed from Latin malefactūrus, future active participle of malefaciō (“to do evil or harm, to injure”) + -ure (noun-forming suffix).

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