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mallecho (iou)



mallecho noun. rare. Also malicho. E17.
[Origin uncertain: perh. from Spanish malhecho misdeed.]
Mischief. Only in miching mallecho (in and after Shakes.).
Shakespeare Hamlet Marry, this is miching mallecho; it means mischief.
? The meaning and origin of the phr. are uncertain: it is usu. taken to mean 'skulking (= MITCH verb) mischief'.