English

Etymology
From Old French enemistié (modern inimitié), from Vulgar Latin *inimicitia, from Latin inimicus �enemy�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/��nmɪti/
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Noun
en-noun|enmit|ies

1. The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.

#* 2005, w:Plato|Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination|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.

1. A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.

Synonyms
hostility, antagonism, animosity, rancor, antipathy, animus

Translations

Albanian: armiqësi
French: inimitié f
Portuguese: inimizade f
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Romanian: du�m�nie f
Old English: fæhþ|fǣhþ f

References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

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