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malefices

malefices is the plural of malefice.

Meaning of malefice

Noun

malefice (plural malefices)

  1. (archaic) An evil deed; evilness; enchantment or sorcery.
    • On hills like tumuli, and waters mute,
      A whiteness steals as of a world made still
      When reptant Death at last rears absolute—
      An earth now frozen by malefice of eyes
      Aeonian dooms and realm-deep rigors fill—
      The gaze of that Medusa of the skies1912, Clark Ashton Smith, The Medusa of the Skies

Questions about malefices

What is malefices the plural of?
Malefices is the plural of malefice.

Words near malefices in the dictionary

  1. malefice
  2. maleficence
  3. maleficences
  4. maleficent
  5. maleficently
  6. malefices
  7. maleficial
  8. maleficiaries
  9. maleficiary
  10. maleficiate
  11. maleficiated

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