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contrariety
English
Alternative forms
- contrarietie (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French contrariété, from Late Latin contrarietas, from contrarius, from contra (“against”). Compare contrary.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k?nt???????ti/
Noun
contrariety (countable and uncountable, plural contrarieties)
- Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast.
- 1759, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Penguin 2003, p.61:
- This contrariety of humours betwixt my father and my uncle, was the source of many a fraternal squabble.
- 2011, Tim Blanning, "The reinvention of the night", Times Literary Supplement, 21 Sep.:
- At the heart of his argument is the contrariety between day and night, light and dark.
- 1759, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Penguin 2003, p.61:
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strife
English
Etymology
From Middle English strif, stryf, striffe, from Old French estrif, noun derived from estriver, from Frankish *str?ban; compare Dutch strijven. More at strive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?a?f/
- Rhymes: -a?f
Noun
strife (countable and uncountable, plural strifes)
- Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work.
- Exertion or contention for superiority, either by physical or intellectual means.
- 1595: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
- From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents' strife.
- From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
- 1595: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
- Bitter conflict, sometimes violent.
- Synonyms: altercation, contention, discord, wrangle
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xvii:
- A few observations about the interpretation of vows or pledges may not be out of place here. Interpretation of pledges has been a fruitful source of strife all the world over. No matter how explicit the pledge, people will turn and twist the text to suit their own purposes.
- (colloquial) A trouble of any kind.
- (obsolete) That which is contended against; occasion of contest.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene[1]:
- He ?pide lamenting her unlucky ?trife,
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene[1]:
Derived terms
- strifeful
- strifeless
- strife-ridden
- trouble and strife
Related terms
- strive
Translations
References
- strife in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Fister, firest, firste, fister, freits, refits, resift, rifest, sifter
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