Malignity
Pronunciation : Ma*lig"ni*ty
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. malignit?, L. malignitas.]
Definition : 1. The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite.
2. Virulence; deadly quality. His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in his disease. Hayward.
3. Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness; heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud. [R.]
Syn. -- See Malice.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913