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[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: calamite, from Latin calamitas]
a terrible and unexpected event that causes a lot of damage or suffering
-synonym disaster disaster
::It would be a calamity for the farmers if the crops failed again.
-- calamitous adj