CrypticApathy Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 What does the word actually mean or is it just a made up name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JisaacT Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 You peaked my interest so I looked up "definition of malifaux" and all that came up was mostly wyrd stuff but here is one answer. Malifaux , malifaux meaning , definition of malifaux , what is malifaux - The polar opposite of beastageddon Some examples : After doin all of those complicated and extreme tricks, Ben slipped on a piece of ice in his kitchen and broke both of his arms and legs and suffered minor head trauma. The doctor told him that his situation was almost beyond Malifaux. Now that doesn't make too much sense. This definition makes the word of malifaux out to be similar to the word ironic or situational. I was not satisfied with this so I looked up the word in two parts First the prefix Mali or mal. Which means In Latin bad wrong harsh evil Ill Or abnormal. A similar word, malifide means to be with or in bad faith. Now faux the suffix of the word means fake. Pretty easy one there. So evil fake? Fake evil? Something to that effect. I take the "fake" part as deceptive or an illusion. The citizens of malifaux are drawn in by it's power and allure even though as we all know bad things happen to most who dwell there. The "Mali" part describes the evil and Ill will that has been native to malifaux. Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRC Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 A while ago I had a friend of a relative look it up. from the other thread: Molly Fox? Well, "malifaux" contains two obvious French words, "mal" and "faux", so "evil" and "false". However, the word does not seem to exist in standard dictionaries of old French. On the other hand, a bit of Googling revealed the existence of the French village of Saint-Genest-Malifaux. There is no solid evidence for the origin of Malifaux (http://www.st-genest-malifaux.fr/vill33.htm), though there have been a lot of guesses, interpreting it as the "bad pass" (in the geographical sense) or the "fake beech". Now, there are old French words where "mal" does stand for "evil", such as "malivole" or "malevole", which are the French equivalent of the English Latinate form "malevolent". On the other hand, the same root can stand for "apple", so "malifaux" could even refer to some sort of "apple scythe"... My best guess is that some anglophone either coined "malifaux" from the obvious French words "mal" and "faux", or came across that small French village on a jaunt and decided to borrow "Malifaux" as an appropriate term for a dark and foreboding RPG, whatever its true etymological meaning. I am suspicious that "fake beech" should have been "fake breach", but that's one heck of a typo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ficho Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 The french word "faux" could also mean "wrong". I always interpreted it as in the expression "Stuck somewhere between bad (mal) and wrong (faux)" No sources of course, just a personal theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Heel Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 From the evidence collected in this thread, I must conclude that Malifaux means "Wrong Apple." :-) So the next time someone directs this colloquialism at you: "So, how ya like them apples!" You may simply reply: "MALIFAUX!" It also confirms that the Neverborn are French, or at least Francophiles (having 1/4 of my lineage from there, I am cool with that). Or...it is simply some folks trying to give something a cool, dark, old-sounding name. Its like Mordheim could be translated as "murder home" plus it just sounds cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum528 Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Malifaux is a town in Germany I believe. ---------- Post added at 08:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:11 PM ---------- Apparently there's one in France too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Bones Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 Malifaux is a town in Germany I believe. ---------- Post added at 08:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:11 PM ---------- Apparently there's one in France too. An international tournament should be held in one or both! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malersatz Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 *blinks innocently and diverts attention away from his forum name* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 Friend of mine said it stands for mal et faux (evil and deceit). So similar to what a few already said in this thread. I personally think, it's a made up word really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierowmaniac Posted August 9, 2012 Report Share Posted August 9, 2012 Malifaux is a town in Germany I believe. ---------- Post added at 08:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:11 PM ---------- Apparently there's one in France too. 'St Genest Malifaux' near Lyon curtesy of google map Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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