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malice (n.)
c. 1300, "desire to hurt another," from Old French
malice
"ill will, spite, sinfulness, wickedness" (12c.), from Latin
malitia
"badness, ill will, spite," from
malus
"bad" (see
mal-
). In legal use, "wrongful intent generally" (1540s).