Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Maledicent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Maledicent \Mal`e*di"cent\, a. [L. maledicens, p. pr. of
maledicere to speak ill; male ill + dicere to say, speak. See
{Malice}, and {Diction}.]
Speaking reproachfully; slanderous. [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys.
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