malfeasant
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From malfeasance, after such pairs as assistance, assistant,[1] or adapted from French malfaisant.[2]
Adjective[edit]
malfeasant (comparative more malfeasant, superlative most malfeasant)
- Of or relating to malfeasance or misconduct.
Noun[edit]
malfeasant (plural malfeasants)
- Someone guilty of such conduct; a malefactor.
References[edit]
- ^ “malfeasant”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “malfeasant, a. and n.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.