n. [ F. malignité, L. malignitas. ] 1. The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Virulence; deadly quality. [ 1913 Webster ]
His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in his disease. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness; heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]