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enmities

[en-mi-tee] Origin

en·mi·ty

[en-mi-tee]
noun, plural -ties.
a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English enemite < Middle French; Old French enemiste < Vulgar Latin *inimīcitāt- (stem of *inimīcitās), equivalent to Latin inimīc(us) enemy + -itāt- -ity

amity, enmity.


malice, acrimony, rancor.

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Word Origin & History

enmity
c.1300, from O.Fr. enemistie, from V.L. *inimicitatem (nom. *inimicitas), from L. inimicitia "enmity, hostility," from inimicus "enemy" (see enemy). Related: Enmities.
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