Both Uses of
malicious
in
King Lear
- Sir, I am too old to learn: Call not your stocks for me: I serve the king; On whose employment I was sent to you: You shall do small respect, show too bold malice Against the grace and person of my master, Stocking his messenger.†
Scene 2.2malice = the desire to hurt others or see them suffer
- How malicious is my fortune, that I must repent to be just!†
Scene 3.5 *
Definition:
wanting to see others suffer; or threatening evil