malgrace
(mælˈgreɪs)
[Orig. two words, a. OF. male grace (male fem. of mal evil, grace grace n.).]
† 1. Disfavour. Obs.
| c 1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 2108 And he answerd ryght in the place, ‘Maugré have thou and male grace!’ 1639 Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. vi. (1677) 326 The Rebels or others known to be in his Majesties mal-grace. 1714 J. Fortescue-Aland Note in Fortescue's Abs. & Lim. Mon. 75 Magre..signifies the same as mal-grace, disfavour, or ill-will. |
2. Something unbecoming. pseudo-arch.
| 1882 G. Macdonald Weighed & Wanting iv. I. 57 May these not see in us some malgrace which it needs the gentleness of Christ to get over and forget? |