Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "malignancy" ita ce samuwa ko girma na wani mummunan ƙwayar cuta ko ciwon daji, wanda zai iya yaduwa zuwa wasu sassan jiki kuma ya haifar da lahani. Hakanan yana iya komawa zuwa ga mugaye ko halayya mai cutarwa ko niyya.
Somewhere there, on that desolate plain, was lurking this fiendish man, hiding in a burrow like a wild beast, his heart full of malignancy against the whole race which had cast him out.
