Malic (adj)
Mal-ik
Pertaining to or derived from apples.
Malic “pertaining to apples” comes by way of French from Latin mālum “apple.” Mālum, in turn, is an adaptation of Ancient Greek mêlon, which refers specifically to apples or generally to any tree fruit and is also the source of English melon.
Example sentences
“You might call the story of Snow White and the apple malic malice!”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
