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Mal`a*co*zo"ic (?), a.
(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Malacozoa.

Mal`ad*dress" (?), n. [Mal- +
address.] Bad address; an awkward, tactless, or offensive
way of accosting one or talking with one. W. D.
Howells.

Mal`ad*just"ment (?), n. [Mal- +
adjustment.] A bad adjustment.

Mal`ad*min`is*tra"tion (?), n. [Mal-
+ administration.] Bad administration; bad
management of any business, especially of public affairs.
[Written also maleadministration.]

Mal`a*droit" (?), a. [F. See
Malice, and Adroit.] Of a quality opposed to
adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful. --
Mal"a*droit`ly, adv. --
Mal`a*droit"ness, n.

Mal"a*dy (?), n.; pl.
Maladies (#). [F. maladie, fr. malade
ill, sick, OF. also, malabde, fr. L. male habitus, i.


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