The Only Use of
malignant
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- Every night-sound I heard from my cot on the back porch was magnified three-fold; ... the chinaberry trees were malignant, hovering, alive.
p. 62.8malignant = evil
Definition:
harmful or evil
in medicine: harmful growth as with a cancerous tumor
in medicine: harmful growth as with a cancerous tumor