See Also: Enmity(medicine)
enmity(dictionary)
enmity(dictionary)

enmity (iou)



enmity noun. ME.
[Old French enemi(s)tie (mod. inimitie) from Proto-Romance, from Latin inimicus: see ENEMY, -ITY.]
The disposition or feelings of an enemy; ill will, hatred. ME.
M. Meyer To those who did not arouse his enmity, he could be charming.
The condition of being an enemy; a state of mutual hostility. LME.
P. H. Gibbs Old enmities and jealousies still smouldering across the frontiers.
(Something with) a harmful or prejudicial influence. LME-E17.
Shakespeare King Lear To wage against the enmity o' th' air.