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单词 enmity
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enmityn.

/ˈɛnmɪti/
Forms: Middle English–1500s enem-, enmyte(e, ennemite, ennemyte, inmytee, Middle English enmit(y)e, Middle English enymyte, 1500s enemitie, enimitie, ennimitie, enim-, Scottish inemitie, inimite, inimity, 1500s–1600s inimitie, 1500s– enmity.
Etymology: < Old French enemistié, ennemistié (French inimitié ), = Provençal enemistat , Spanish enemistad < late Latin *inimīcitāt-em , < inimīcus : see enemy n.1 and adj.
1. The disposition or the feelings characteristic of an enemy; ill-will, hatred.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > [noun]
heteeOE
nitheeOE
fiendshipc900
hatingOE
hatec1175
loathnessc1175
foeshipa1200
hatreda1225
foredenc1275
bitterhead1340
enmityc1380
bitternessa1382
haynec1386
enemy1398
heart-burningc1425
affection1485
dislovea1533
pique1532
haturea1563
animosity1568
foehood?1578
animoseness1730
hard feeling1803
dispeace1825
needle1874
bad mind1939
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 301 For enemyte þat þei han to a man.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 4078 Ne wald þai neuer apon him se, Fra þat day bot wid enmite [Trin. Cambr. enemyte].
1423 Kingis Quair lxxxvii Sum for dispite and othir Inmytee.
1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton I viii b For enymyte and hate are contrary to frendship and concorde.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) v. 414 But ony inimite or mocioun of injuris.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xi. C The hatred of Ephraim, and ye enmyte of Iuda shalbe clene rooted out.
?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Diiiv Though on his side were parcialitie: That proued neither of them such an one, As therefore beare to him inimitie.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 92 The..inimitie borne toward thair parents to instil in the hartes of thair barnes.
1642 J. Langton in Lismore Papers (1888) 2nd Ser. V. 48 A man quallified with greate inimitie and courage.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 431 Can..works of love or enmity fulfill. View more context for this quotation
1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 115 A man who values a good night's rest will not lie down with enmity in his heart if he can help it.
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 353 He hated me, and his enmity was shared by several who were present.
2.
a. The condition of being an enemy; a state of mutual hostility; esp. in phrase at or in enmity.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > [noun]
unthankc893
witherwardnessc897
witherOE
wrakea1023
ungrithlOE
feythhed1297
grill13..
ill1303
unfriendshipa1340
enmity?a1400
feuda1400
despitec1400
unkindnessc1400
ingratitude1477
barrace1488
disfriendship1493
hostility1531
dislovea1533
adversation1543
diskindness1596
disaffection1599
ill blood1624
disaffectedness1625
inimicalness1651
unfriendlinessa1684
animus1795
inimicality1797
virus1866
negativism1977
?a1400 Chester Pl. (1843–7) 31 And enmitye betwene you towe..I shall make.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 379/3 By cause there shold noo debate ne enemyte falle betwene the brethren.
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation (1847) I. 147 This inemitie [1732 inamitie] was judged mortall, and without all hope of reconciliatioun.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 541 So civill and temperate were mens enmities at that time.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. ii. 68 I will dispaire and be at enmitie With cousening Hope. View more context for this quotation
1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill i. iii. 4 When the Romanes were divided, one faction labouring to oppresse another..such enimitie was called Sedition.
1611 Bible (King James) James iv. 4 Know yee not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? View more context for this quotation
1667 S. Pepys Diary 26 Aug. (1974) VIII. 401 It will prevent much trouble by having of him out of their envy.
a1704 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §149 In an age at enmity with all restraint.
1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 188 The growing enmity of opinion to the punishment of death.
1845 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. II. 407 Provided their parents were not at the time in enmity with our sovereign.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 581 The adventures, the attachments, the enmities of the lords and ladies who, etc.
b. transferred.
ΚΠ
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. ix. 300 That system of patronage..is at irreconcilable enmity with the very principle of good government.
c. to be of (a person's) enmity: to be at enmity with (him). Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1641 W. Hakewill Libertie of Subj. 123 All Merchants Denizens and Forreins (except those which be of our enmitie) may, etc.
3. Something that is prejudicial; a baneful influence. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > a harmful influence
venomc1315
venomc1380
enmitya1387
blast1547
arsenic1583
aconite1606
Nessus shirta1616
bane-touch1647
blighta1661
poison tree1794
upas1801
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 99 It is grete enemyte [L. inimicissimum] to werriours forto norsche sleuþe and leccherie.
c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §4. 18 A fortunat assendent clepen they whan..no wikkid planete haue non aspecte of enemyte vp-on the assendent.
c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. liii. i The water myght not the enemytee Kepe of [warre] from his trewe Britayn lande.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 368 I abiure all roofes, and chuse To wage against the enmitie of the Ayre.
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