malverse

malverse (comparative more malverse, superlative most malverse)

1. (rare) Unfavourable, untimely; perverse.
   • 1776, Josiah Hunter, An Inquiry Concerning the Scriptural Order, page 199:

     [B]e what set of men they will, who would adventure to befriend and patronize such a malverse course […] .

   • 1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anne St. Ives, vol. II, letter 36:

     Never was fellow so pestered with malverse accidents as I am; and all of my own contriving!

   • 1815, David Laurie, A Treatise on Finance, page 933:

     It has been well remarked, that a little learning, and a little power, are apt to be more productive of mischief than of advantage to their possessors, and that this malverse propensity has been most particulary^[sic] efficient , when such attainments and possessions have been rare and splendid.

malverse

1. inflection of malversar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative