mal

Pronunciation: /mɑl/

“mal” is a Dutch word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

mold, cast (device to help creating shapes)

adjective

foolish, crazy, lacking common sense

Etymology

First attested in the seventeenth century. Ultimately derived from Old French molle, by-form of modle, an old (11th century) borrowing from Latin modulus (“measure”). Doublet of module and modulus.

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