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enmity
English
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Etymology
From Old French enemisté, ennemistié, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *inim?cit?s, *inim?cit?tem, from Latin inim?cus (“enemy”); cognates: French inimitié, Portuguese inimizade, Spanish enemistad.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??n.m?.t?/
- (US) IPA(key): /??n.m?.ti?/
Noun
enmity (countable and uncountable, plural enmities)
- The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 242e.
- Some later Muses from Ionia and Sicily reckoned it safest to weave together both versions and say that that which is is both many and one, held together by both enmity and amity.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 242e.
- A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.
- I merely repeat, remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways.
Quotations
Synonyms
Antonyms
- amity
Translations
References
- enmity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- enmity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Notes:
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detestation
English
Etymology
From Middle French détestation.
Noun
detestation (countable and uncountable, plural detestations)
- Hate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
- Something detested.
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