Calamity Definition

kə-lămĭ-tē
calamities
noun
calamities
Deep trouble or misery.
Webster's New World
Any extreme misfortune bringing great loss and sorrow; disaster.
Webster's New World
Dire distress resulting from loss or tragedy.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Calamity

Noun

Singular:
calamity
Plural:
calamities

Origin of Calamity

  • From Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitās (“loss, damage; disaster”), from clāmāre (“to shout, proclaim, declare, cry out”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English calamite from Old French from Latin calamitās

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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