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mal-

CIDE DICTIONARY

mal-,  
     A prefix in composition denoting ill, or evil, F. male, adv., fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form male-, as in malediction, malevolent. See Malice.  [1913 Webster]
    " The form male- is chiefly used in cases where the malediction, malefactor, maleficent, etc. Where this is not the case, as in malfeasance or male-feasance, malformation or male-formation, etc., as also where the word to which it is prefixed commences with a vowel, as in maladministration, etc., the form mal is to be preferred, and is the one commonly employed."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mal-, comb. form 1 a bad, badly (malpractice; maltreat). b faulty, faultily (malfunction).
2 not (maladroit).

Etymology
F mal badly f. L male

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