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Definition of Malefic
1. Adjective. Having or exerting a malignant influence. "A malefic force"
Similar to: Maleficent
Derivative terms: Malevolence, Malevolency, Malignity
Definition of Malefic
1. a. Doing mischief; causing harm or evil; nefarious; hurtful.
Definition of Malefic
1. Adjective. Having an evil or harmful influence; baleful. (defdate from 17th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Malefic
1. producing or causing evil [adj]
Medical Definition of Malefic
1. Doing mischief; causing harm or evil; nefarious; hurtful. Origin: L. Maleficus: cf. F. Malefique. See Malefaction. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Malefic
Literary usage of Malefic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Phantasmata: Or, Illusions and Fanaticisms of Protean Forms, Productive of by Richard Robert Madden (1857)
"I. OF malefic SPIRITS: Opinions of the Platonists and Pythagoreans of thf Third
... These souls are indeed demons, but arc deservedly called malefic demons. ..."
2. The Bṛihat Saṃhitâ of Varaha Mihira by Varāhamihira, N Chidambaram Iyer (1884)
"occur due East, there will be fear from the king and a meeting with the enemy.
30. If the omen occur in the 2nd malefic quarter there will be injury to gold ..."
3. The Brihat Jataka of Varaha Mihira by Varāhamihira, N. C. Iyer (1885)
"By malefic planets or by planets retrograde in theif motion." (c). ... If the
waning Moon occupy the rising sign and if malefic planets occupy the ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"In a malefic manner; with evil effects. BA Proctor, Eclectic Mag., XXXV. ...
do: see malefic.] Doing or producing harm; acting with evil intent or effect; ..."
5. Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos, Or Quadripartite: Being Four Books of the Influence by Ptolemy, Proclus, Philip Ranger, J. M. Ashmand (1822)
"The malefic figures of a nation are strengthened by adverse figurations of ...
If a malefic in one nativity fall on the place of a benefic in another ..."
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