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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malefactive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
male-fac-tive
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the person who is harmed or who loses out by an action.

noun

A term or sentence element that serves a malefactive role or that is inflected for the malefactive case.

Etymology

Parallel in formation with both malefactor and maleficent (which see). By surface analysis, Latin malefact(us) + -ive.

Inflected Forms

malefactives (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

malefactor maleficent maleficient

Antonyms

benefactive

Questions

What does malefactive mean?
Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the person who is harmed or who loses out by an action.
Where does malefactive come from?
Parallel in formation with both malefactor and maleficent (which see). By surface analysis, Latin malefact(us) + -ive.

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