malfeasant

English

Etymology

From malfeasance, after such pairs as assistance, assistant,[1] or adapted from French malfaisant.[2]

Adjective

malfeasant (comparative more malfeasant, superlative most malfeasant)

  1. Of or relating to malfeasance or misconduct.

Noun

malfeasant (plural malfeasants)

  1. Someone guilty of such conduct; a malefactor.

References
  1. “malfeasant”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. 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.
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