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animosity|ænɪˈmɒsɪtɪ|
Also 5–6 -te, 6–7 -tie.
[a. Fr. animosité, f. L. animōsitātem, n. of quality f. animōs-us spirited; see animous.]
†1. Spiritedness, high spirit, courage, bravery. Obs.
1432–50tr. Higden (1865) I. 61 The cause is for euery thynge is of more animosite and audacite in his vniversalle then his parte parcialle. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) 296 It was thought a decent countenance and constant animositie in the king to be so affected. 1658Sir T. Browne Hydriot. iv. 66 Confirming his wavering hand unto the animosity of that attempt. a1670Hacket Abp. Williams i. (1692) 20 Such as are of a high-flown animosity affect fortunas laciniosas.
2. Excitement of feeling against any one; hostility of mind tending to break out into action, active hatred or enmity.
1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. xxiii. §48 (1873) 249 The natures and dispositions of the people..their animosities and discontents. 1644Heylin Laud ii. 349 To foment those animosities..raised in that nation against the King. 1660in Somers Tracts II. 168 To forget what is past, and lay aside all Animosities for the future. 1674Owen Holy Spirit (1693) 204 Forming new Parties and reviving old Animosities. 1754Hume Hist. Eng. ii, It is a just remark, that the more affinity there is between theological parties, the greater commonly is their animosity. 1852McCulloch Taxation i. ii. 84 The jealousies and animosities that formerly subsisted between the privileged classes and the mass of the people. |