calamities
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ɪ noun, plural ca·lam·i·ties.
1.
a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury.
2.
grievous affliction; adversity; misery: the calamity of war.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English calamite < Middle French < Latin calamitāt- (stem of calamitās), perhaps akin to incolumitās safety
1375–1425; late Middle English calamite < Middle French < Latin calamitāt- (stem of calamitās), perhaps akin to incolumitās safety
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| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | a disaster or misfortune, esp one causing extreme havoc, distress, or misery |
| 2. | a state or feeling of deep distress or misery |
| [C15: from French calamité, from Latin calamitās; related to Latin incolumis uninjured] | |
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Word Origin & History
calamity
early 15c., from M.Fr. calamite (14c.), from L. calamitatem (nom. calamitas) "damage, loss, failure; disaster, misfortune, adversity," origin obscure. L. writers associated it with calamus "straw," but it is perhaps from a lost root preserved in incolumis "uninjured."
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Example sentences
Exaggeration was the principal element, used best in calamities.
Now, the ability to detect when an ecosystem is approaching the tipping point could help prevent such calamities.
It is her vigilance that has prevented a number of potential fiscal calamities.
In his letters he ascribes all the calamities of the world to his own sins.
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