malefactor

== English == === Alternative forms === malefactour (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English malefactour, from Late Latin malefactor, from Latin malefaciō, from male (“evilly”) + factus (“made or done”), past participle of facio (“to make or do”). === Pronunciation === (US) enPR: măʹləfăk'tər, IPA(key): /ˈmæləˌfæktɚ/ Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ) === Noun === malefactor (plural malefactors) A criminal or felon. An evildoer. 2013, Kazerad, Katia: Try a few more things, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), April 23 2013 Though your unseen malefactor’s actions may give the impression of confidence… Vaermina suspects he is terrified his plan will go astray. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:criminal See also Thesaurus:villain ==== Antonyms ==== benefactor ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== maleficent ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From malefaciō +‎ -tor, corresponding to male (“evilly”) + factor (“maker”). Used in Old Latin by Plautus and then more commonly in Late Latin. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ma.ɫɛˈfak.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ma.leˈfak.tor] === Noun === malefactor m (genitive malefactōris); third declension wrongdoer, evildoer, malefactor, villain Synonym: maleficiārius ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Antonyms ==== benefactor ==== Descendants ==== === References === “malefactor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "malefactor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “malefactor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.