animosity
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French animosité, from Latin animositas (“courage, spirit, vehemence”), from animosus, from animus (“courage, spirit, mind”); see animose, animate, transitive verb.
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[edit]Noun
[edit]animosity (countable and uncountable, plural animosities)
- Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike
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References
[edit]- “animosity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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- Rhymes:English/ɒsɪti
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