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archenemy
English
Alternative forms
- arch-enemy
Etymology
arch- (“chief, most extreme”) +? enemy
Pronunciation
Noun
archenemy (plural archenemies)
- A principal enemy.
- A supreme and most powerful enemy.
Synonyms
- archfoe
Translations
See also
- archrival
- archvillain
Anagrams
- aerenchym
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nemesis
English
Etymology
From the Greek goddess of retribution Nemesis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?m?s?s/
Noun
nemesis (plural nemeses)
- (chiefly Canada, US) An archenemy
- (chiefly non-North American usage) A person or character who specifically brings about the downfall of another person or character.
- The principle of retributive justice.
- (usually in the singular, formal) A punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided.
- The polar opposite of a character.
- A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent.
Coordinate terms
- antagonist
- villain
- rival
- bane
- archenemy
- adversary
Derived terms
- archnemesis
- chocolate nemesis
- nemetic
Translations
Anagrams
- Meissen, Semiens, misseen, siemens
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ne.me.sis/, [?n?m?s??s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ne.me.sis/, [?n??m?s?is]
Noun
nemesis f (genitive nemesis or nemese?s or nemesios); third declension
- nemesis
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
Descendants
- Italian: nemesi
- Swedish: nemesis
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