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Latin
Etymology
From malignus (“malicious”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
Noun
malignitās f (genitive malignitātis); third declension
- spite, malice, malignity
- stinginess, niggardliness, meanness
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “malignitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “malignitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- malignitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.