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malaccident

malaccident noun: a bad event happening by accident; mischance.

Noun

malaccident (countable and uncountable, plural malaccidents)

  1. (archaic) A bad event happening by accident; mischance.
    • I rely much on His goodness who has always guarded me against malaccidents, that he will not permit me to fall into such a snare, and that He will preserve me in the good report of the world till the end of my career.1844, Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland, Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest, page 307

Forms of malaccident

pluralmalaccidents

Origin of malaccident

From mal- + accident.

Questions about malaccident

What does malaccident mean?
Malaccident means a bad event happening by accident; mischance.
What part of speech is malaccident?
Malaccident is a noun.
What is the plural of malaccident?
The plural of malaccident is malaccidents.

Words near malaccident in the dictionary

  1. Malaccamax
  2. Malaccan
  3. Malaccan Creole Portuguese
  4. Malaccans
  5. Malaccas
  6. malaccident
  7. malaccidents
  8. malaceous
  9. Malacha
  10. Malachi
  11. Malachi crunch

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