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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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¶MALOROUS, adj. ? A misreading for malicious.Rnf. 1727 W. Hector Judicial Rec. (1876) 131:
The defender, out of ane groundless and malorous prejudice, did assert that the Complainer was a thief.