enmity
Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.mɪ.ti/
The English word “enmity” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- The quality of being an enemy; a hostile or unfriendly disposition.
- A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.
Etymology
From Middle English enemyte, from Old French enemisté, ennemistié, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *inimīcitās, *inimīcitātem, from Latin inimīcus (“enemy”). Cognate with French inimitié, Portuguese inimizade, Spanish enemistad. By surface analysis, en(e)m(y) + -ity.
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