09-10-2013, 12:21 PM
I'm pretty sure Mal originally meant tongue. The shift into being interpreted as "bad" has to do with all the bible passages renouncing the tongue for it's potential for foul deeds, the bible being widely distributed in latin. So I would say "silver tongued" would be the closest of those examples Ashim.
Then again I have little to no idea myself.
Then again I have little to no idea myself.