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Webster 1913 Edition


Maltalent

Mal′ta-lent

,
Noun.
[F. See
Malice
, and
Talent
.]
Ill will; malice.
[Obs.]
Rom. of R.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Maltalent

MAL'TALENT

,
Noun.
Ill humor. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


maltalent

maltalent

English

Noun

maltalent (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Ill will; malice, malevolence. [14th-19th c.]
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4:
      So forth he went / With heavy look and lumpish pace, that plaine / In him bewraid great grudge and maltalent [...].

Middle French

Etymology

Old French mautalant.

Noun

maltalent m (plural maltalens)

  1. evil intention(s)

Descendants

References

  • maltalent on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)