different between evildoer vs malefactor

English

Alternative forms

• evil-doer

Etymology

From Middle English yvel doer; equivalent to evil +? doer.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?i?v?l?du??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?iv?l?du??/

Noun

evildoer (plural evildoers)

1. A person who performs evil acts.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:villain

Antonyms

• do-gooder, benefactor

Translations

Anagrams

• overidle

English

Alternative forms

• malefactour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin malefactor, from Latin malefaci?, from male (“evilly”) + factus (“made or done”), past participle of facio (“I make or do”).

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: m??l?f?k't?r, IPA^(key): /?mæl??fækt?/

Noun

malefactor (plural malefactors)

1. A criminal or felon.
2. An evildoer.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:criminal
• See also Thesaurus:villain

Antonyms

• benefactor

Related terms

• maleficent

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *maledfakt?r, related to malefactus (perfect passive participle of malefaci?), corresponding to male (“evilly”) + factus (“made or done”), past participle of facio (“I make or do”). Used in Old Latin by Plautus and then more commonly in Late Latin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ma.le?fak.tor/, [mä????fäkt??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.le?fak.tor/, [m?l??f?kt??r]

Noun

malefactor m (genitive malefact?ris); third declension

1. wrongdoer, evildoer, malefactor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Antonyms

• benefactor

Descendants

References

• malefactor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• malefactor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• malefactor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette