ca·lam·i·ty
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Audio Help [kuh-lam-i-tee] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -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 ME calamite < MF < L calamitāt- (s. of calamitās), perh. akin to incolumitās safety
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Calamities
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| ca·lam·i·ty
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n. pl. ca·lam·i·ties
[Middle English calamite, from Old French, from Latin calamitās.] |
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