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Bad administration; bad management of any business, especially of public affairs. [Written also maleadministration.]

Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful. -- Mal"a*droit`ly, adv. -- Mal`a*droit"ness, n.

tive, or morbid organic functions; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder. The maladies of the body may prove medicines to the mind. Buckminster.

pear, apple, orange, etc., boiled with sugar, and brought to a jamlike consistence. Marmalade tree (Bot.), a sapotaceous tree (Lucuma mammosa) of the West Indies and Tropical America. It has large obovate leaves and an egg-shaped fruit from three to five inches long, containing a pleasant-flavored pulp and a single la…

A mixture of sugar and molasses; crude sugar as it comes from the pans without being drained.

Lit., my lady; hence (as used on the Continent), an English noblewoman or gentlewoman.

The bright reflection of the moon's light on an expanse of water. [Poetic]

A moor. [Scot.] Lockhart.

A glance of the eye; an amorous look. [Obs.] She gave strange oeillades and most speaking looks. Shak.

Excessively or unduly glad.

To load with too great a cargo; to overburden; to overload. Spenser.

A knight-errant; a distinguished champion; as, the paladins of Charlemagne. Sir W. Scott.

a variety of the revived classic style of architecture, founded on the works of Andrea Palladio, an Italian architect of the 16th century.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, palladium; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with palladious compounds.

Of, pertaining to, or containing, palladium; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which palladium has a lower valence as compared with palladic compounds.

ch affords effectual protection or security; a sateguard; as, the trial by jury is the palladium of our civil rights. Blackstone.

To cover or coat with palladium. [R.]

Of or pertaining to Ptolemy Philadelphus, or to one of the cities named Philadelphia, esp. the modern city in Pennsylvania.

Any species of Pholas.

Pholad.