Maladjustment
(Mal`ad*just"ment) n. [Mal- + adjustment.] A bad adjustment.
Maladministration
(Mal`ad*min`is*tra"tion) n. [Mal- + administration.] Bad administration; bad management
of any business, especially of public affairs. [Written also maleadministration.]
Maladroit
(Mal`a*droit") a. [F. See Malice, and Adroit.] Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful.
— Mal"a*droit`ly, adv. — Mal`a*droit"ness, n.
Malady
(Mal"a*dy) n.; pl. Maladies [F. maladie, fr. malade ill, sick, OF. also, malabde, fr. L. male
habitus, i. e., ill-kept, not in good condition. See Malice, and Habit.]
1. Any disease of the human body; a distemper, disorder, or indisposition, proceeding from impaired,
defective, or morbid organic functions; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
The maladies of the body may prove medicines to the mind.
Buckminster. 2. A moral or mental defect or disorder.
Love's a malady without a cure.
Dryden. Syn. — Disorder; distemper; sickness; ailment; disease; illness. See Disease.
Malaga
(Mal"a*ga) n. A city and a province of Spain, on the Mediterranean. Hence, Malaga grapes,
Malaga raisins, Malaga wines.
Malagash
(||Mal`a*gash") n. Same as Malagasy.
Malagasy
(Mal`a*gas"y) n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Madagascar; also the language.
Malaise
(||Ma`laise") n. [F., fr. mal ill + aise ease.] (Med.) An indefinite feeling of uneasiness, or of
being sick or ill at ease.
Malamate
(Ma*lam"ate) n. (Chem.) A salt of malamic acid.
Malambo
(||Ma*lam"bo) n. [Pg.] A yellowish aromatic bark, used in medicine and perfumery, said to
be from the South American shrub Croton Malambo.
Malamethane
(Mal`am*eth"ane) n. [Malamic + ethane.] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance forming
the ethyl salt of malamic acid.
Malamic
(Ma*lam"ic) a. [Malic + amic.] (Chem.) Of or designating an acid intermediate between malic
acid and malamide, and known only by its salts.
Malamide
(Ma*lam"ide) n. [Malic + amide.] (Chem.) The acid amide derived from malic acid, as a
white crystalline substance metameric with asparagine.
Malanders
(Mal"an*ders) n. pl. [F. malandres, fr. L. malandria blisters or pustules on the neck, especially
in horses.] (Far.) A scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the fore leg of a horse. See Sallenders.
[Written also mallenders.]
Malapert
(Mal"a*pert) a. [OF. malapert unskillful, ill-taught, ill-bred; mal ill + apert open, adroit, intelligent,
L. apertus, p. p. of aperire to open. See Malice, and Aperient.] Bold; forward; impudent; saucy; pert.
Shak. — n. A malapert person.
Are you growing malapert! Will you force me to make use of my authority ?
Dryden. — Mal"a*pert`ly, adv. — Mal"a*pert`ness, n.
