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Maleficent

[muh-lef-uh-suh nt] /məˈlɛf ə sənt/

adjective
1.
doing evil or harm; harmfully malicious:
maleficent destroyers of reputations.
/məˈlɛfɪsənt/
adjective
1.
causing or capable of producing evil or mischief; harmful or baleful
adj.

1670s, from Latin maleficent-, altered stem of maleficus (see malefic).

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