Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb & adjective With or in bad faith.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun With bad faith; deceitfully; treacherously: opposed to bona fide.

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  • adverb law in bad faith

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin malā fidē : malā, feminine ablative of malus, bad + fidē, ablative of fidēs, faith.]

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From Latin. The word mala, which is the ablative feminine of the word malus (meaning "bad") + fide, the ablative of fides meaning "faith". Literally meaning "in bad faith".

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