the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. An evil. See mala.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In law, an evil.
n. In pathology, a disease.
n. Inflammation of the sclera in the aged.
n. A chronic destructive disease of one of the larger joints, usually the hip, which occurs in advanced life.
Word Usage
"When Jerome translated the Hebrew description of Eden's "good and evil" fruit, he chose the Latin word malum, which, according to biblical archaeologist Schneir Levin, was intended to mean something similar to "malicious.""