Malcolm /mal-colm/ [2 sylls.] as a boys' name is pronounced MAL-cum. It is of Scottish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Malcolm is devotee of Saint Columba. The name of the prince of Scotland who became king after Macbeth murdered his father. Shakespeare's play was based on the true story.
âsordidâ: synonyms and related words: 1  abhorrent. 2  amoral. 3  anomie. 4  be rotten to the core idiom. 5  canker. 6  darkly. 7  dastardly. 8  evildoer. 9  go to the bad idiom. 10  godless. 11  hanky-panky. 12  heinous. 13  impure. 14  scandalous. 15  seamy. 16  seedy. 17  shocking. 18  shockingly. 19  wicked. 20  wickedness.
Middle English gidy, Old English gidig mad (as variant of *gydig), derivative of god God, presumably origin, originally possessed by a divine being'' bef. 1000. 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged lightheaded, vertiginous. 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unstable, volatile, fickle, inconstant, vacillating.