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    Malignity , n. [F. malignité, L. malignitas.]
    1. The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite.
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    2. Virulence; deadly quality.
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      His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in his disease.
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    3. Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness; heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud. [R.]
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      Syn. -- See Malice.

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