Mal‧vo‧li‧o /mælˈvəʊliəʊ/
a character in the play
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. Malvolio is one of Olivia's servants, and the people in Olivia's house play a trick on him by telling him that Olivia loves him. He then tries to begin a romantic relationship with her, but behaves so strangely that people think he is crazy and put him in prison.
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