Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malignation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ma-lig-na-tion
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The process of becoming malignant.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] and vtterly in our heartes conceyue, that it is farre from our duetie of allegiaunce to beleue vntrue repoꝛtes and falſe malignations agaynſte our ſoverayne."
"[…] he can afford to stand the brunt of a few stray shots from such nurselings of vanity as have wasted their feeble strength in still more feeble satire and malignation."
"But the day of retribution has arrived and the clean exbibitor’s answer to the malignation of the men who have stood up for a real brotherhood of motion picture interests thruout the land is irrefutably registered on the A. E. A. application blanks."
"Every citizen has as full a right to be protected by the laws from malignation scandal and false charges as a member of Congress has a right to utter them in his seat."

Etymology

From malign + -ation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

malignations (plural)

Questions

What does malignation mean?: Malignment.
Where does malignation come from?: From malign + -ation.

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