enmity

== English == === Alternative forms === === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛn.mɪ.ti/, (proscribed) /ˈɛm.nɪ.ti/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛn.mɪ.ti/, /ˈɛm.nɪ.ti/ (proscribed) === Noun === enmity (countable and uncountable, plural enmities) The quality of being an enemy; a hostile or unfriendly disposition. A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity. ==== Quotations ==== ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Antonyms ==== amity ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “enmity”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “enmity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. Notes: === Anagrams === Minety