evil; wicked; bad.-same as mail, a bag.-of or pertaining to the sex that begets or procreates young, or (in a wider sense) to the sex that produces spermatozoa, by which the ova are fertilized; not female; as, male organs.-capable of producing fertilization, but not of bearing fruit; -- said of stamens and antheridia, and of the plants, or parts of plants, which bear them.-suitable to the male sex; characteristic or suggestive of a male; masculine; as, male courage.-consisting of males; as, a male choir.-adapted for entering another corresponding piece (the female piece) which is hollow and which it fits; as, a male gauge, for gauging the size or shape of a hole; a male screw, etc.-an animal of the male sex.-a plant bearing only staminate flowers.