mauvais

in French terms in English, "false, worthless," from French mauvais (fem. mauvaise) "bad," 12c., from Vulgar Latin malifatius, literally "one who has a bad lot," from Latin malum "bad" (see mal-) + fatum "fate" (see fate (n.)).

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I have no idea of those people sending every mauvais sujet to Hell.'
The Infernal Marriage
Benjamin Disraeli
Badly dressed, but from poverty and economy more than from mauvais got.
Overlooked
Maurice Baring
“I believe—between ourselves—he is just a mauvais sujet,” said he.
Johnny Ludlow, Fifth Series
Mrs. Henry Wood
You've a treat in store for you—and a mauvais quat' d'heure!
King--of the Khyber Rifles
Talbot Mundy
Or rather, I do not tell you the worst—that mauvais Herbert!
Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles
Mrs. Henry Wood

mauvais

Examples from the Web for mauvais

Historical Examples

I have no idea of those people sending every mauvais sujet to Hell.'

Badly dressed, but from poverty and economy more than from mauvais got.

“I believe—between ourselves—he is just a mauvais sujet,” said he.

You've a treat in store for you—and a mauvais quat' d'heure!

Or rather, I do not tell you the worst—that mauvais Herbert!