adjective
- productive of evil; malign; doing harm; baneful: a malefic spell.
adj.1650s, from Latin maleficus “wicked, vicious, criminal,” from male “ill” (see mal-) + -ficus, from stem of facere “to make, do” (see factitious).
adjective
adj.1650s, from Latin maleficus “wicked, vicious, criminal,” from male “ill” (see mal-) + -ficus, from stem of facere “to make, do” (see factitious).