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maldisposition en · NOUN

Etymology

From mal- + disposition.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) a complexion of humours or locational alignment or else in or of organs, joints etc. leading to a suffering
   • fetal maldisposition
2. (countable, uncountable) A slant in an individual or a group, intellectualized humour, bad temper directed against someone or something
   • Considering that the price of one thousand scudi had been put on the head of bandit Gaspare Guidorosso, accused of fourteen homicides, the excessive figure quoted by Moscato unequivocally indicated his maldisposition toward the Cenci. 1991, Irene Musillo Mitchell, Beatrice Cenci, New York: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 103:
   • Beginning to arise from this maldisposition was a public inclination to turn inward and a frustrated demand for stronger action abroad uncomplicated by the desires of America's allies. 1967, George Edwin Mowry, The Urban Nation, 1920–1960, New York: Macmillan, page 195:

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