maldisposition
maldisposition noun: a complexion of humours or locational alignment or else in or of organs, joints etc. leading to a suffering.
Noun
maldisposition (countable and uncountable, plural maldispositions)
- a complexion of humours or locational alignment or else in or of organs, joints etc. leading to a suffering
- fetal maldisposition
- A slant in an individual or a group, intellectualized humour, bad temper directed against someone or something
- Beginning to arise from this maldisposition was a public inclination to turn inward and a frustrated demand for stronger action abroad uncomplicated by the desires of America's allies.1967, George Edwin Mowry, The Urban Nation, 1920–1960, New York: Macmillan, page 195
- Considering that the price of one thousand scudi had been put on the head of bandit Gaspare Guidorosso, accused of fourteen homicides, the excessive figure quoted by Moscato unequivocally indicated his maldisposition toward the Cenci.1991, Irene Musillo Mitchell, Beatrice Cenci, New York: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 103
Forms of maldisposition
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Origin of maldisposition
From mal- + disposition.
Questions about maldisposition
- What does maldisposition mean?
- Maldisposition means a complexion of humours or locational alignment or else in or of organs, joints etc. leading to a suffering.
- What part of speech is maldisposition?
- Maldisposition is a noun.
- What is the plural of maldisposition?
- The plural of maldisposition is maldispositions.
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