Pronunciations
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/ˈmæləfɪs/
Noun
An evil deed; evilness; enchantment or sorcery.
Usage- Archaic
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More examples (1)
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 skies