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adversity definition

ad·ver·sity (ad vʉr′sə tē, əd-)

noun

  1. a state of wretchedness or misfortune; poverty and trouble
  2. pl. adversities -·ties an instance of misfortune; calamity

Etymology: ME < OFr adversité, aversite < L adversitas < adversus, adverse

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