adversite

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French adversité, from Latin adversitās.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adˌvɛrsiˈteː/, /adˈvɛrsiteː/

Noun

adversite (plural adversites)

  1. Adversity, calamity; ill fortune.
  2. An adverse event; a disaster.
  3. Enmity, opposition; action against something or someone.
  4. Injury; the infliction of a detriment.

Descendants

  • English: adversity

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